Healthcare
Med students mix volunteerism, fitness in KC’s Historic Northeast
Students from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences are helping train elementary school students for an upcoming 5K
New KC Mental Health Center Will Get $20M From Hospital Sales
The sale of two Kansas City-area hospitals will generate $20 million in the next decade to help operate a new mental health crisis center.
Children’s services tax on table for Jackson, Clay Counties
Jackson and Clay counties are hoping to join a handful of Missouri municipalities that have enacted a local tax to fund services for at-risk
Take 5 for your health
High Teen Birth Rates In Rural Kansas Pose Obstacles To Economic Advancement Nineteen-year-old Claudia Rivera shares a single-story tract home in Liberal, Kansas, with her boyfriend, 20-year-old Jesùs Varela. Last month, Varela’s mother moved in so she could watch Rivera’s baby boy, Fabian, while Rivera works at the Dollar General store and Valera pulls down a shift at…
What’s in a name?
Next year marks the centennial for the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, which for most of its history has been an anchor along Independence Avenue. That continuity, however, has not extended to the name of the institution, which began downtown as the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery. The college became the…
'Stars aligning' for long-sought mental health center in KC
After nearly two years of work, proponents of establishing a mental health crisis center in Kansas City’s urban core may be only weeks away from sealing a deal that involves a lot of moving parts.
Truman Medical Centers Shutting Down Behavioral Health Emergency Department
Truman Medical Centers said it is closing its behavioral health emergency department effective immediately and will transfer current patients to the hospital’s inpatient facility or to another psychiatric facility.
Sebelius lays down health challenge to KC
The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City invited Kathleen Sebelius to help it celebrate its first decade of grant making, but the woman who has served as both U.S. health secretary and Kansas governor came armed with a big idea for the next decennial.
Lawsuit Alleges Medicare Fraud At Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A former emergency room nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital has filed a federal “whistleblower” lawsuit alleging that the hospital falsified patient records to obtain higher Medicare and Medicaid payments. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan. on behalf of Megen Duffy alleges that top hospital officials knew about the fraud, which…
KU Med Breaks Ground For New, $75M Training Facility
When Dr. David Zamierowski was training as a physician in the 1960s, he tried out his new skills on living patients.