LMH Health has received five stars for hospital quality in rankings released last week from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. More than 2,200 hospitals nationwide were evaluated on five quality metrics with 234 receiving five stars, the highest rating available. “There are ...

TOPEKA — With three dozen confirmed cases of measles in southwest Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that it's important for children and adults to be vaccinated and for people with symptoms to stay away from public places. On March 13, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment ...

TOPEKA — More than 70% of abortions performed in 2024 in Kansas were for out-of-state residents, according to monthly estimates of clinician-provided abortions in states without total bans. Overall, Kansas was among the top five states in the country with the most substantial increases in ...

It’s becoming rare for someone to spend their entire career with the same organization. Lauren Perez is bucking that trend. Before she became a nurse practitioner at the LMH Health Heart Center, her career journey began as a junior volunteer at LMH. Growing up in Lawrence, her initial ...

At 75 years old, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is past the youthful stage of its existence, but don’t accuse it of failing to be new. The nonprofit organization is working on two of its larger projects in recent memory — one dedicated to providing urgent mental health care ...

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says she will sign a bill aimed at improving access to child care and other early childhood services. But some health experts are concerned about a provision codifying religious exemptions for vaccines required at day cares. This comes as the state is dealing ...