HCC News

 Aug 4, 2018 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...

Nov 2, 2018  Suzanne Gladney, founder of Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (MFAF) and a Health Care Collaborative (HCC) of Rural Missouri board member, knew she wanted to become an attorney since elementary school. Her father owned restaurants; one was a half block...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

 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...

 Jan 9, 2021 As Chief Network Development Officer of Health Care Collaborative (HCC) of Rural Missouri and its Live Well Community Health Centers, Suzanne Smith prioritizes community connection and helping those in need. Smith has worked with HCC for six years and in...