by brook.balentine | Mar 3, 2024 | News
May 2, 2019 Health Care Collaborative of Rural Missouri (HCC) has hired a new director of human resources: Brook Balentine. She came on board at the end of January and spent the past few weeks visiting various HCC locations, and getting to know staff members she’ll...
by brook.balentine | Mar 3, 2024 | News
Aug 4, 2019 MEDICAID RECIPIENTS MUST COMPLETE REVIEW FORM OR POTENTIALLY LOSE BENEFITS When it comes to receiving needed health care, the Live Well Community Health Centers of Buckner, Carrollton, Concordia and Waverly have programs available to help low-income...
by brook.balentine | Mar 3, 2024 | News
Aug 28, 2019 When prescribed and used appropriately, opioids can be a real blessing to patients suffering excruciating pain caused by injury or illness. Used improperly, however, opioids can be crippling and even deadly. For years, drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone,...
by brook.balentine | Mar 3, 2024 | News
Aug 28, 2019 Toniann Richard, CEO of Health Care Collaborative (HCC) of Rural Missouri, is part of a lineage of crop and beef producers. Raised in Herington, Kan., just south of Junction City, her grandfather advocated for farmers and even ran for local office. At...
by brook.balentine | Mar 3, 2024 | News
Mar 10, 2020 Like a food desert, a health care desert is a place where it’s difficult to access affordable, high-quality health care. Nearly two decades ago, Lexington, Missouri was a health care desert. Today, this rural town of roughly 4,555 residents is a national...