Kansas City Hospitals and Physician Practice Agree to Arrangement for Surgical Services

Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.) and North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital have signed a contract with Mid America Heart and Lung Surgeons that will create a new hospital-physician practice to serve both hospitals, according to a report by the Sun Tribune.

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Under the new physician practice model, the practice’s five physicians will provide surgical services to patients at both hospitals, though only Saint Luke’s will provide heart transplant services.

The arrangement contracts the services of Mid America Heart and Lung Surgeons and will bring two new surgeons to the group.

Read the Sun Tribune’s report on Mid America Heart and Lung Surgeons and the Kansas City hospitals (note: this report is no longer available on the Sun Tribune‘s website).

 

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