Member Services

Would you like to join our association?  We break up membership into two categories.  We have listed basic information for each along with a link to apply.  If you have any questions please hop back over to the home page and connect with any of our Board of Directors.  Additionally, we have listed participating Member Hospitals/Related Entities.

Meetings

Our meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month at 2:00pm.  Elected officers serve a two-year term.  Membership dues are collected annually from members as well as institutional members that support the health care recruitment community. 


 
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Health Care Membership

Applicant for membership must be employed by a greater Kansas City area acute care hospital or medical center, or a member of the armed forces.  Current hospital membership in the Greater Kansas City Health Council is preferred.  The applicant must be currently engaged in management level, or be responsible for operation of some level of recognized healthcare recruitment program in that facility, or be a representative of the armed forces recruiting allied health professionals.  With regards to hospital systems, each individual hospital must apply for membership and pay dues.

Membership dues are $200.00 per year, which covers January 1st to December 31st.  Applications should be submitted to the Treasurer of KCAHCRA.  

 

Current Hospital Members

Central Ozarks Medical Center

Central Ozarks Medical Center has been providing quality health care in Central Missouri since 1979.  Central Ozarks Medical Center’s staff members are committed to leading the way to healthier communities.

COMC offers a wide range of services based on the needs of the communities we serve. We pride ourselves on offering high quality healthcare regardless of insurance status. If you are uninsured and would like to look at healthcare options, our staff are more than willing to help you navigate the process.


Children’s Mercy Hospital

Children's Mercy Kansas City is nationally recognized for delivering high-quality, compassionate pediatric care. 

Kids come first at Children’s Mercy. Always have, for more than 120 years. Then their families. Our world-class child-centered approach and family-centered care comes to life in everything we do.

  • US News and World Report ranks us near the top in all the categories it measures

  • The American Nurses Credentialing Center awarded us the first Magnet Designation for excellent care in Missouri or Kansas

  • More than 80 percent of our patients give us a 9 or 10 (10 being best) in quality of care

  • We are a “Certified Healthy KC Company,” which recognizes our efforts to create a workplace focused on health and wellness


Excelsior Springs Hospital

Welcome to Excelsior Springs Hospital. We want to make the experience of our patients and visitors a comfortable and enjoyable one. Whether you are here as a patient or to visit one, customer service is our top priority. We share our campus with Outpatient Clinic and Senior Life Solutions. Our ES Primary Care is located on the hospital campus. Off-campus we have the Lawson Primary Care in Lawson and the Health Express Clinic, located inside Price Chopper. In the website, you will find helpful information and links to many areas that will help you navigate through our system and learn more about our facilities.



HCA Midwest Health

HCA Midwest Health is Kansas City's largest network and recognized leader in healthcare, consisting of doctors, hospitals, emergency rooms (ERs), urgent care clinics, outpatient centers, physician practices, and surgery centers. We offer you access to a network of board-certified or board-eligible physicians, including 2,000 experts trained in 80+ medical specialties, ensuring you receive the comprehensive medical care you and your family deserve.


John Knox Village

Here, you’re free to find your own rhythm, write your own script, and turn anyone else’s idea of senior living in Kansas City upside down. It’s what John Knox Village has done for more than 50 years — redefining what it means to live and age remarkably.

Life at John Knox Village is something you won’t find anywhere else. With more conveniences, experiences and choices than any senior living community in the metro area, every resident here finds their own unique way to shine. It’s all the charm of hometown living in one ideal not-for-profit Life Plan Community — surrounded by friendly neighbors and devoted staff who make you feel truly at home.


Liberty Hospital

If you are looking for a comprehensive medical center with a full range of services, the latest in technology, and the compassion to provide you with exceptional care, you’ve found it at Liberty Hospital.

Located just 20 minutes north of downtown Kansas City, Liberty Hospital is truly a regional medical center serving the northwest Missouri corridor.

Much like the area around it, Liberty Hospital has grown by leaps and bounds since it opened its doors in February 1974. What started as a 130-bed facility has now grown to 250 licensed beds and more than 1,900 employees. Nearly 300 physicians covering all specialties practice medicine at the hospital.

Our commitment to the most up-to-date technology is evident - from our da Vinci robotic surgery system and the latest in MRI technology to our new hybrid catheterization lab/operating room and our luxurious Birthing Center with a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery.

But technology would be nothing without the people who use it. The staff and physicians at Liberty Hospital are second to none. Just ask our patients – we have some of the highest patient-satisfaction scores in the area. To us, that speaks volumes.

At Liberty Hospital, our people do amazing things.

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Mosaic Life Care

At Mosaic Life Care, we are committed to providing the best and safest care, while creating a warm, inviting environment for our patients, family members and caregivers. Our innovative life-care model combines traditional health care and a focus on key life elements that affect overall wellness. Mosaic Life Care's service area is comprised of 41 counties in northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska. Our hospital is located in St. Joseph, Missouri, and we have more than 60 clinical facilities in the greater St. Joseph area.

Mosaic Life Care is the next generation of health care. Formerly Heartland Health and a recipient of the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Mosaic Life Care continues to be nationally recognized for quality, value and the patient experience. In 2015, Mosaic Life Care was named to the Truven Health AnalyticsTM 100 Top Hospitals® list, given an “A” rating by The Leapfrog Group, identified as a HealthStrongTM Hospital by IVantage® Health Analytics, named a “Most Wired” hospital by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine and is routinely identified as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission. More recently, Mosaic Life Care announced it has received the Healthgrades 2018 America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award™.

Mosaic Life Care is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a carefully chosen group of like-minded organizations that share a common commitment to improving the delivery of health care in their communities through high-quality, data-driven, evidence-based medical care. As a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, our physicians have the opportunity to seek Mayo Clinic expertise through eConsults. By working together, we hope to build new and innovative ways to provide the best possible care.

Mosaic Life Care: More than health care … life care.


North Kansas City Hospital

For more than half a century, North Kansas City Hospital has been the Northland’s preferred healthcare provider. The hospital serves the community with 451 licensed beds, more than 3,000 employees, and 508 physicians representing 46 medical specialties. From a Level III neonatal intensive care unit to home health and hospice services, NKCH provides a lifetime of care.

Services

NKCH offers award-winning cardiovascular and orthopedic programs. The hospital’s oncology partnership with The University of Kansas Cancer Center provides patients access to clinical trials only available at the nation’s leading cancer centers.

Meritas Health

Through its Meritas Health subsidiary, North Kansas City Hospital offers the largest network of physician practices in the Northland, with more than 140 physicians and 40 advanced practitioners in 36 convenient locations, including an express care clinic in the 64th Street Hy-Vee store.

Community

The hospital’s mission, vision and values reflect a strong commitment to the health and well-being of the Northland community and beyond. Last year, NKCH sponsored 60 charitable and community organizations and served more than 24,000 people through its dynamic Community Health & Wellness programs. And, it is the first hospital in Kansas City to offer a zero-percent financing option to help patients manage their medical expenses.


Olathe Health

For more than 60 years, Olathe Health has expanded its services to meet the growing needs of the community. Today, Olathe Health, located at Olathe Medical Park, is one of the largest hospital campuses in the Midwest with a nearly 250-acre campus in southern Johnson County. The five-story acute-care medical center is licensed for 300 beds and averages more than 44,000 patient care days per year. Olathe Health is a not-for-profit medical center and has a network of practicing physicians specializing in nearly every area of medicine.

Olathe Health is now part of The University of Kansas Health System. Our collaboration will expand access to high-quality care close to home and across the region.


Providence Medical Center

Providence Medical Center, located in thriving Western Wyandotte County near the Legends and I-435, is a community hospital affiliated with Prime Healthcare. Providence is also associated with Saint John Hospital, located in Leavenworth, Kan. More than 1,300 skilled and qualified individuals provide nursing, medical and support services at both locations.


Stormont Vail Health

Stormont Vail Health has a deep commitment to the community and to Kansas to provide the best possible health care.

Stormont Vail is an integrated health care system based in Topeka, Kansas, serving a multicounty region in northeast Kansas (Map of Topeka System). It comprises Stormont Vail Hospital, Cotton O’Neil and Cotton O’Neil Pediatrics with more than 250 employed physicians and a variety of ancillary services. Stormont Vail achieved Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services in 2009.

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Saint Luke's Health System

Saint Luke’s Health System includes 10 hospitals and campuses across the Kansas City region, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, dozens of physician practices, a life care senior living community, and more. Saint Luke’s offers:

  • The region’s longest continuously-operating, adult heart transplant program, and one of the nation’s top 35 cardiology and heart surgery programs, at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute

  • Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases, and the nation’s leading stroke reversal program dedicated to preventing and treating stroke, at the nationally-ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute

  • The region’s only treatment center for advanced breast cancer, the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute

  • Saint Luke’s Convenient Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries

  • Liver and kidney transplantation programs

  • A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center

  • Four Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb unit at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City

  • An eICU, an innovative electronic intensive care patient care and monitoring program that spans multiple hospitals throughout the region and enhances outstanding bedside care

  • A nationally-recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City’s Crittenton Children’s Center

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St. Joseph Medical Center

Founded in 1874 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Joseph Medical Center has a long tradition of providing high quality, compassionate care. Its Catholic heritage and the spirit of our founding Sisters continue today in our mission of caring for the community. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is the Catholic Sponsor for St. Joseph Medical Center, under the leadership of his Excellency Bishop James V. Johnston, Jr.

St. Joseph has proven it is among an elite group of providers in treatment for time critical diagnosis and has earned the Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients. It is also the first hospital in Kansas City to launch a comprehensive Senior Care service line including a senior friendly emergency room, senior focused inpatient program, an outpatient senior clinic that focuses on healthy aging as well as a preferred skilled nursing and assisted living network so if the need should arise, our seniors are well versed on quality options in our area.

The Breast Center at St. Joseph has earned recognition by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence designation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). St. Joseph is a Joint Commission accredited, 310-bed acute care facility providing a wide range of services, including 24-hour Emergency Department, senior care services, surgical services, and outpatient services.


The University of Kansas Health System

The University of Kansas Health System is the region’s premier academic medical center.  Our physicians, nurses, and staff share a commitment to service, continuous improvement and patient care excellence.  Dedicated to research and discovery, we achieve life-changing breakthroughs that benefit our patients first.

The University of Kansas Hospital is recognized for quality.

  • Ranked top hospital in Kansas City by U.S. News & World Report for 8th consecutive year

  • First Kansas Hospital to earn Magnet designation for nursing excellence

  • Named No. 1 hospital in Kansas City by National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Awards

  • Named among Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Great Hospitals in America


University Health

University Health is an academic medical center providing quality healthcare to the Kansas City community and beyond, for those with the very best insurance and those with no insurance at all.

University Health doctors, in affiliation with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), teach the doctors of the future. They stay ahead of medical advances, providing innovative instruction to students and cutting-edge care to patients. Being an academic medical center, University Health takes the toughest cases, so our healthcare providers can handle whatever you bring us.


St. Mary’s Medical Center

St. Mary’s Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of St. Mary, relocated from downtown Kansas City to Blue Springs, MO in 1981. The hospital was purchased by Prime Healthcare Services in 2015. Its Catholic heritage and the spirit of our founding Sisters continue today in our mission of caring for the community.

St. Mary’s is a Joint Commission accredited, 137-bed acute care facility providing a wide range of services, including 24-hour Emergency Department, Joint and Spine Institute, Surgical Services and outpatient services.