A new pediatric wing at Kansas City’s Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center opening on November 7 will host medical, behavioral, dental, and social services with a focus on preventative care for underinsured and uninsured patients.
“I don’t know if you have been to the ER lately, but it is a scary place,” said Samuel U. Rodgers’ CEO, Bob Theis. “A lot of people are going there for their primary care, and we want to keep people out of there and get [them] a relationship with their primary care provider.”
With many specialties operating in the same space, Theis said it allows for collaboration between providers and makes patients aware of all the services and benefits available to them. It’s an effort to increase preventative care, which Theis said became a low priority during and after the pandemic…