Boone Health becomes independent health care provider
Submitted by BooneHealth
In April of 2016, the Boone Hospital Center Board of Trustees announced that they would issue a Request for Proposal to evaluate options for the management of the hospital moving forward.In April of 2017, the Trustees narrowed their focus to five options –a new lease with BJC HealthCare, a lease with Duke Life Point Healthcare, a lease with Saint Luke’s Health System, a partnership with MU Health Care or operating Boone as an independent hospital.
In August of 2017, the Trustees entered into exclusive, non-binding negotiations with MU Health Care to explore the viability of a relationship. Two years later, the Trustees made the decision to focus on operating Boone Hospital Center as locally controlled, independent community hospital. In this process, Boone Health was formed as an umbrella organization with an 11-member b oard that would manage Boone Hospital Center, Boone Home Care and Hospice and B
Boone Health becomes an independent health care provider
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Boone Health will officially become an independent health care provider Thursday as the hospital aims to be more community-driven.
In September 2018, the Trustees and BJC mutually agreed that BJC’s lease of Boone Hospital would end. After evaluating options, the Trustees announced in August 2019 that Boone Hospital would transition to an independent community hospital.
The Boone Hospital Center Board of Trustees and BJC HealthCare agreed the full transition from the BJC system would become official April 1.
The date was originally set for Jan. 1, 2021. The three-month adjustment change is largely a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
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The governor appointed Brian Neuner to the Mental Health Commission.
The release states,
Neuner currently serves as the Chief Development and Marketing Officer for Special Olympics of Missouri. Prior to joining Special Olympics of Missouri, he served as Director of Business Development and Public Relations for Joe Machens Dealerships. Mr. Neuner is an Emmy award winning journalist for Outstanding Sports Reporting and a two-time winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Journalism. He is a board member of Safety Net, which supports law enforcement in Central Missouri, and the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing Advisory Council. He has supported the