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Forvis Enters Partnership to Create a $5B Global Network

Posted June 5, 2024 Forvis announced it has entered into an international partnership with Paris-based Mazars, launching a new $5 billion global network called Forvis Mazars. The two accounting firms announced the new two-firm network last week. Forvis Mazars LLP… more

HCA Midwest Health Hires Eric Benink as Chief Medical Officer

Posted June 5, 2024 HCA Midwest Health has named Dr. Eric Benink, a 25-year physician leader veteran, as chief medical officer. Benink began his new role effective June 1, according to a release Tuesday. He now oversees clinical quality and… more

Blue KC to Exit The Medicare Advantage Market in 2025

Posted June 4, 2024 Updated at 11:57 a.m., June 5, 2024 Citing high regulation and financial pressure, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced it will exit the Medicare Advantage market at the end of 2024. The not-for-profit… more

Patheous Health Acquires DianosTEX, Expands Texas Footprint

Posted June 4, 2024 Overland Park-based Patheous Health Inc. has acquired DianosTEX, an onsite dysphagia imaging provider in the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas market. Patheous Health, which offers mobile dysphagia imaging services, first announced the acquisition of DianosTEX, according… more

Sallee Development to Build 40 Townhome Community in Oak Grove

Posted June 4, 2024 Lee's Summit-based Sallee Development is closer to constructing a new residential build-for-rent community in Oak Grove, made up of 40 townhomes. Rustic Heights is a development comprised of 40 townhomes with 176 units, a pool and… more

Shawnee City Council Denies XPO Trucking Facility Request

Posted June 4, 2024 The Shawnee City Council has denied the rezoning request from the trucking company XPO, which planned to bring a 180,000-square-foot-plus trucking facility in northwest Shawnee. The rezoning request of 45 acres from agricultural to planned industrial… more

Distributor Agilix Solutions Opens New 102,000 SF Warehouse in Lenexa

Posted June 3, 2024 St. Louis-based Agilix Solutions has opened a new 102,000-square-foot building in Lenexa, Kansas, tripling the size of the company’s KC footprint. Agilix has begun operations at its new facility located at 10960 Lakeview Avenue in Lenexa,… more

Vytelle Opens Third In-Vitro Fertilization Lab in Australia

Posted June 3, 2024 Lenexa-based Vytelle announced it will open its 21st in vitro  fertilization lab in the third quarter in Melbourne, Australia. The state-of-the-art facility will allow for increased market accessibility to Vytelle’s hormone-free in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology. The… more

CorEnergy to Emerge From Bankruptcy, Moves Out of KC HQ

Posted June 3, 2024 CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust has gained approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri and has entered into a reorganization plan. As part of the reorganization, CorEnergy will move its headquarters from Kansas… more

K-State Olathe Hires Jonathan McPherson as Director of Advanced Manufacturing

Posted May 30, 2024 The Kansas State University Olathe campus adds Jonathan McPherson as director of advanced manufacturing research and training. As director, McPherson will work with the executive director of strategic initiatives and others on campus to support the… more