Via Christi Health announced Tuesday it will lay off up to 400 staff members across Kansas – about 4 percent of its workforce – by the end of June.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday a second round of Health Care Innovation Awards – grants totaling almost $1 billion that will “fund applicants that have a high likelihood of driving health care system transformation and delivering better outcomes,” according to a news release.
The Wichita City Council on Tuesday signed off on an out-of-state bond issue to finance Ascension’s acquisition of Via Christi Health.
The Wichita City Council will consider on Tuesday almost a billion dollars in industrial revenue bonds to finance Ascension’s acquisition of Via Christi Health.
Wesley Medical Center announced Monday it has appointed Bill Voloch as its new chief operating officer
Wesley Medical Center recently launched a new mobile app for patients to check in to the emergency room ahead of their arrival.
The Department of Health and Human Services is allocating about $1.7 million for Kansas health centers to assist people select health insurance plans on the new online health insurance marketplace, which will be offered as part of the Affordable Care Act, according to a news release.
Newly released government figures of wildly varied hospital charges further illustrate a complicated and confusing health care system.
Phil Torres was just a couple of tests away from having a kidney transplant when Via Christi voluntarily suspended its program in Wichita last May.
The Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care and the Sedgwick County Health Care Roundtable’s annual conference Wednesday focused on the Affordable Care Act.
A Tennessee-based operator of more than 50 skilled-nursing and related health centers said Thursday that it has completed an acquisition of five skilled-nursing facilities in Kansas, including two in the Wichita area.
Since its creation from the sale of Wesley Medical Center to Hospital Corporation of America in 1985, the Kansas Health Foundation, 309 E. Douglas, has invested millions into programs intended to improve the health of Kansans.
CVS officially enters the Wichita market Sunday with the first of several stores, and customers are likely to feel the benefit even if they don’t shop there.
To meet a goal of providing private rooms to all its patients, Via Christi hospitals on St. Francis and East Harry are in the midst of several capital improvement projects, putting the hospitals in a state of reorganization.
The Kansas Medical Society will host its 154th annual meeting on May 3 and 4 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Wichita.
For George Randall, the path to Wichita started with flying.
After nearly six years with Wesley Medical Center, Paul Petitte is leaving for California.
Oxford Holdings recently acquired Gracious Senior Living, 2119 N. Broadmoor, from Broadmoor One LLC.
Brahms’ “Lullaby” is going to be playing over the intercom more at Via Christi Hospital on East Harry.
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill to transfer the responsibilities of the Kansas Health Information Exchange to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, according to a news release from the exchange.
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