Leaders at LMH Health are convinced the state’s largest health insurance company pays LMH less for medical care than hospitals in places like Topeka receive for providing the same type of care.
LMH leaders said this past week that they’ve launched new negotiations with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas to correct the financial discrepancy. And some hospital officials indicated they were willing to get ...
I don’t care how cold it is, it is perfectly appropriate to plan for more ice cream. (I’ll have to put a bed on the porch, but I absolutely can fit another freezer in the house.) A Lawrence hamburger shop indeed is planning for more ice cream, and it will be moving to a new location to make it happen.
Burgers By Biggs soon will be moving to a new west Lawrence location at Bob Billings Parkway and Wakarusa ...
When somebody tells me their product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I usually say: “Challenge accepted. Bring me a loaf of fresh bread and four pounds of butter.” But what do you do to improve upon sliced bread? A longtime downtown bread shop thinks it knows: Get a bigger space and start using fresh bread to make some sandwiches, among other improvements.
Great Harvest Bread Company has moved ...
Douglas County health leaders expect to provide COVID vaccines to 2,000 people in five hours today, the largest vaccination effort yet in the county, and a bigger 5,000-person event is on the horizon.
Members of the LMH Health board of trustees were told Wednesday that today’s vaccination event at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds marks a new milestone for vaccination efforts in the county. LMH Health is ...
The finances at LMH Health have improved, and now so too will the compensation package for its chief executive officer.
The board of trustees for the nonprofit hospital and health system on Wednesday approved a 30% increase in compensation for LMH Health President and CEO Russ Johnson, as the hospital posted a modest profit for 2020, but saw finances bounce back significantly from a major 2019 downturn.
The ...
Story updated at 6:31 p.m. Tuesday
It was more of a stalled blackout than a rolling blackout at the home of west Lawrence resident Roger Powell on Tuesday.
Powell was one of about 270,000 customers in Kansas and western Missouri who were subjected to temporary electrical power outages — rolling blackouts — that were designed to alleviate pressure on the region's power grid. The power grid is under strain ...
