Ingram's Magazine: October 2026

30 Years of Exceptional Care

The earliest physicians recognized as Ingram’s Top Doctors back in 1997 practiced in a world where the Human Genome Project was unfinished and a patient’s medical history often traveled on paper. Their successors work with treatments and diagnostic tools that…more

2026 Top Doctors

A child’s development. A parent’s failing heart. An injury that threatens someone’s ability to work, or a diagnosis that puts years of family plans in doubt. Across this year’s class of Ingram’s Top Doctors, the conditions differ widely. The stakes…more

Ingram’s 20 in their Twenties Assembly

KC: The Good, the Bad and the Missing Get this year’s 20 in Their Twenties class together in one room, and the conversation does not stay centered on individual résumés. It moves quickly to the city itself—what it offers, what…more

20 in Their Twenties Class of 2026

Never Too Young to Build In 1776, the year the colonies declared independence, Alexander Hamilton was 21 years old. James Madison was 25. The nation they helped invent was an act of the young—long on potential, short on proven institutions,…more

Education’s Pipeline Problem

Every fall, the headcounts land on the desks of university presidents in Columbia, Lawrence, Manhattan and Kansas City, and they are read the way a CFO reads a quarterly report: top line first, then the detail that tells you whether…more

Beyond the Hospital Bed

Over the past decade, Kansas City’s hospitals grew in nearly every way you can count: They added beds. They added nurses. They added staff overall at a pace that left patient admissions far behind. What grew fastest of all was…more

The Health Plan Fix That Isn’t Diluting Coverage

“Don’t judge me by our best days together, judge me by how I show up on your worst.” That’s been my philosophy, and my team’s, through two-plus decades of advising employers on benefits. Because in health insurance, the fix has…more

Higher For Longer

The U.S. bond market just closed out its worst quarter of the century, with a steep Treasury selloff driving yields to levels not seen in more than two decades. Traders are bracing for a higher‑for‑longer interest‑rate environment, fueled by resilient…more

The Next Tech Step

Digital wallets have changed the way consumers pay for goods and services, and similar technology is now moving into business payments. For finance and accounts-payable teams, digital wallets can make commercial-card tools easier to issue and use while reducing manual…more

Q&A . . . With Kevin Casey

Q: As employers prepare for their next benefit-plan renewals, what kinds of rate increases are small and mid-size Kansas City companies encountering, and how does that compare with the past two or three years? A: The 2026/2027 benefit renewals have…more