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Galichia Heart acquisition includes a dozen physicians

By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle Today at 4:54 p.m.

WICHITA — Wesley Medical Center officials finally celebrated their parent company’s acquisition of Galichia Heart Hospital — 412 days after HCA first announced the deal.

  • Project under way to modernize Catholic Care Center

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 7 at 4:57 p.m.

    Catholic Care Center has begun the last phase of a multi-year, three-phase project to modernize its 178-bed nursing center.

  • Wesley acquisition of Galicia Heart to be final soon

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 29 at 7:51 a.m.

    A Wesley Medical Center official said Wednesday that the HCA-owned hospital’s acquisition of Galichia Heart Hospital should be complete early next year.

  • Predictions for 2012: Economy moving in a positive direction

    By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 29 at 8:09 a.m.

    A year ago, forecasters called for slow economic improvement in the year to come. We got that, along with an incredibly bumpy ride.

  • Wichita Surgical Specialists’ goal: Stay independent

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 22 at 11:41 a.m.

    For 44 years, Wichita Surgical Specialists has weathered a lot of change.

  • Wichita home health firm acquires Arkansas City-based Home Care

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 9 at 7:04 a.m.

    A Wichita home health agency has acquired the home health business of South Central Kansas Medical Center in Arkansas City.

  • Mother Mary Anne clinic shifts from Via Christi to GraceMed

    By Annie Calovich, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 1 at 6:54 a.m.

    The Mother Mary Anne clinic on South Clifton changes hands from Via Christi Health to GraceMed Health Clinic today, on its way to providing primary care as well as immediate care.

  • Administrator leaving Cypress Surgery Center

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 30 at 5:43 a.m.

    More than 35 years ago, Judy Graham planned on being a stay-at-home mom.

  • Via Christi-Coventry program aims to improve care, cut costs

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 16 at 10:10 p.m.

    Via Christi Health and insurer Coventry Health Care are partnering in a pilot Medicare insurance program that’s aimed at reducing costs while providing better care to patients.

  • Ground breaks for surgical center

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 11 at 6:59 a.m.

    After two years of planning, officials from Wesley Medical Center, Surgicare of Wichita and HCA broke ground Thursday for a new Surgicare facility that they say will bring more business for the 37-year-old outpatient surgical center and build on Wesley’s plans to extend its patient services beyond its east Wichita campus.

  • Wichita doctors offer concierge medicine

    By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 10 at 6:28 a.m.

    Wichita physicians Aly Gadalla, Doug Nunamaker and Josh Umbehr are pioneers in the area’s medical community.

  • Health care tech company moving to KC

    BY KEVIN COLLISON, Kansas City Star | Nov. 5 at 12:08 a.m.

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Netsmart Technologies, a growing New York-based health care information technology firm, is relocating its headquarters to the Kansas City area, creating 130 jobs to start and with the goal of hiring 520 people locally within five years.

  • Hospice Care of Kansas moves all offices to West River Plaza

    BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 3 at 12:08 a.m.

    Hospice Care of Kansas has consolidated its Wichita offices to a single location at Via Christi's West River Plaza.

  • Deal boosts Cigna share of Medicare Advantage

    By TOM MURPHY, Associated Press | Oct. 25 at 12:08 a.m.

    INDIANAPOLIS — Cigna Corp. will buy fellow health insurer HealthSpring in a $3.8 billion deal as it becomes the latest managed-care company to snap up a bigger share of the fast-growing Medicare Advantage market.

  • Final rules set out for coordinating health care

    Associated Press | Oct. 22 at 7:16 a.m.

    The federal government laid out final rules Thursday for a new program that aims to improve patient care by getting doctors, hospitals and other care providers to work together more.

  • Employers, providers talk health care costs

    BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 6 at 12:09 a.m.

    Companies and health care providers want and need to understand each other's situations better if they want to get an effective handle on health care costs.

  • Cypress Springs expands in Kansas

    BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 29 at 7:02 a.m.

    The developers of a new Alzheimer's residence opening next month in Wichita are planning to break ground on their second Kansas property.

  • Listening tour is Via Christi CEO's first order of business

    BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Sep. 15 at 7:43 a.m.

    Only one thing has really surprised Jeffrey Korsmo since starting his new job at Via Christi Health.

  • Derby project for dementia residents to open in November

    BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | August 31 at 5:57 a.m.

    Oxford Management is close to opening its first ground-up senior care project, Glen Carr House in Derby.

  • Air Capital could grow into medical device hub

    BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | August 28 at 7:59 a.m.

    Wichita, the "Crutch Capital" — hmm, not quite the ring of the "Air Capital."

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