KVC Health Systems

Children's Mercy and KVC Health Systems Form Joint Venture to Build New $53 Million Mental Wellness Campus

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

The new JV will open a $53 million 72-bed mental health inpatient hospital in Olathe, Kan. Target for opening is late 2024.

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  • The new JV will open a $53 million 72-bed mental health inpatient hospital in Olathe, Kan. Target for opening is late 2024.
  • The JV will engage KVC's subsidiary Camber Mental Health, which operates three children's mental health hospitals currently, to operate the Olathe hospital for children and adults.
  • Camber's trauma-informed, neuroscience-driven inpatient mental health treatment model, combined with Children's Mercy's world-class pediatric care, research, and community engagement, will elevate mental health and community health outcomes for decades to come.
  • In 2022 alone, Children's Mercy provided care to nearly 3,000 children in our emergency department with acute mental health needs.

Sheppard Pratt Solutions Signs Agreement with St. Mary's Health System

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Monday, February 27, 2023

BALTIMORE, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheppard Pratt recently announced that its consulting and management services division, Sheppard Pratt Solutions, has entered into a management agreement with St. Mary's Health System, a member of Covenant Health, in Lewiston, Maine. This partnership will help improve and expand access to St. Mary's Health System's behavioral health program. Sheppard Pratt Solutions offers consultation, management, and development services at a programmatic or facility level, and it was launched in response to the increased demand for behavioral health services and a burgeoning need to make care more accessible nationwide through strategic partnerships with hospitals and healthcare systems. Sheppard Pratt is recognized and respected as a national leader, with an unmatched breadth and depth of knowledge, clinical expertise, and the most comprehensive continuum of programs in the behavioral health field. Sheppard Pratt Solutions is leveraging expertise in operating high-quality behavioral health services at scale to work with partner organizations to improve and expand mental health services in communities across the nation.

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  • Michael Abbatiello to serve as VP of Behavioral Health at St. Mary's Health System
    BALTIMORE, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheppard Pratt recently announced that its consulting and management services division, Sheppard Pratt Solutions , has entered into a management agreement with St. Mary's Health System, a member of Covenant Health, in Lewiston, Maine.
  • Sheppard Pratt Solutions is leveraging expertise in operating high-quality behavioral health services at scale to work with partner organizations to improve and expand mental health services in communities across the nation.
  • "We are pleased to partner with St. Mary's Health System and extend Sheppard Pratt's knowledge, clinical expertise, and resources in behavioral health to serve communities in Maine," says Harsh K. Trivedi , MD, MBA, president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt.
  • Sheppard Pratt has hired Michael Abbatiello, MPPM, FACHE, to serve as vice president of behavioral health for St. Mary's Health System and executive director, behavioral health for Covenant Health.

The Sketch Effect Animation Team Says that Healthcare Communication Doesn't Need to Be Complicated

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Healthcare communication can be incredibly complicated and challenging, whether you're a patient, a doctor, a staff member, or a concerned parent of a child.

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  • Healthcare communication can be incredibly complicated and challenging, whether you're a patient, a doctor, a staff member, or a concerned parent of a child.
  • Typically, this communication comes in the form of ancient, photocopied handouts, lengthy emails buried in some patient portal, or a boring PowerPoint series.
  • In the last year alone, the Sketch Effect has partnered with organizations like Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inova Health, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and KVC Health to increase the effectiveness of their communications through video animation .
  • "The Sketch Effect is ready and able to be a trusted partner to these organizations and help them get across what matters most."

Veltex Corporation Appoints Thomas S. Bailey Chief Operating Officer

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Monday, September 20, 2021

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Veltex Corporation -- OTC Markets symbol (VLXC) -- Veltex Corporation ("the Company") announced today the appointment of Thomas S. Bailey as Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective immediately.

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  • CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Veltex Corporation -- OTC Markets symbol (VLXC) -- Veltex Corporation ("the Company") announced today the appointment of Thomas S. Bailey as Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective immediately.
  • Mr. Bailey will also join the Board of Directors of Veltex Medical, Inc., a wholly owned Delaware subsidiary of the Company.
  • Mr. Bailey worked in government relations for Spilman, Thomas and Battle, PLLC and is an active state and federal lobbyist.
  • Veltex Corporation, incorporated in Utah September 17, 1987, is a registered public holding corporation, which maintains its corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.

KVC Health Systems' Charity Golf Tournament Raises Money for Children and Families

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

OLATHE, Kan., Aug. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Now in its 17th year, KVC Health Systems' Kids Classic Golf Tournament will host over 160 Kansas City area business leaders on August 13 in a charity golf game to raise money for children and teens who have experienced mental health crisis or child abuse, neglect and other family challenges.

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  • OLATHE, Kan., Aug. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Now in its 17th year, KVC Health Systems' Kids Classic Golf Tournament will host over 160 Kansas City area business leaders on August 13 in a charity golf game to raise money for children and teens who have experienced mental health crisis or child abuse, neglect and other family challenges.
  • Participants will gain access to the beautiful National Golf Club of Kansas City in Parkville, Missouri designed by Tom Watson and typically only available to members.
  • Title sponsors and tournament chairs Susan and Scott Asner have supported the charity golf tournament since its inception.
  • Signage throughout the course will be set up to honor those businesses and organizations that have supported the tournament making it possible for KVC to serve the families and children in crisis.