By Dylan Lysen
With the Kansas legislative session underway, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is again calling for lawmakers to expand Medicaid to provide health care to about 150,000 low-income Kansans.
That’s despite knowing that the Republican-controlled Legislature is going to reject...
By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
Content warning: This story contains some details of sexual abuse.
Until recently, two of Sarah and Brandon Howland’s three daughters were patients of pediatric neurologist Dr. Brian Aalbers. The girls, ages 2 and 3, saw Aalbers at Overland...
A Prairie Village woman is suing Saint Luke’s after the hospital system allegedly failed to diagnose her with multiple sclerosis for the past decade.
Sara Allison in early November filed a lawsuit against the hospital system and two Saint Luke’s...
A new HCA Midwest Health medical plaza opened recently in the south Overland Park Corbin Park retail center at the corner of 138th Street and Metcalf Avenue.
The new 30,000-square-foot medical office building is located at 13801 Metcalf Ave.
“This location...
Twelve years ago, Margaret Potter shaved her head for the first time.
Potter, an oncology nurse for the better part of the past 33 years, took the plunge during a fundraiser as a way to identify with her patients —...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly opened a sixth chapter in the state debate over Medicaid expansion Thursday with her promise at a Johnson County commission meeting that she would present another bill to state lawmakers when the next session begins.
Kelly...
A new Total Access Urgent Care is on track to open soon in southern Overland Park after facing a roadblock related to traffic access to the facility.
Located at 12260 Blue Valley Parkway, near 123rd Street, the urgent care center...
A Johnson County hospital is one of the top 100 in the country, according to Fortune Magazine.
For the second year in a row, AdventHealth Shawnee Mission in Merriam landed within the top 20 on Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 Hospitals...
A new store focused on equipping patients to heal at home has arrived in Johnson County.
The University of Kansas Health System has officially opened its new store, MyHealth at Home, with a recent soft launch.
A grand opening of the...
After more than two decades, a former independent clinic has become part of a larger medical presence in Johnson County.
This summer, Leawood Family Care joined AdventHealth Medical Group — which officials say will expand the clinic’s resources and number...
Patients at Saint Luke’s South Hospital can now receive at-home care for conditions that would normally require hospitalization.
Later this summer, the southern Overland Park hospital will begin offering its new “Saint Luke’s Hospital In Your Home” program to patients.
The program...
By Tim Carpenter
The University of Kansas Cancer Center accepted a $100 million donation from the Sunderland Foundation and secured $43 million in federal funding to build a state-of-the-art facility to advance research and treatment of cancer.
The Sunderland Foundation’s gift...
