Columbia Orthopaedic Group (COG) was founded in 1965 on Broadway in downtown Columbia. It started as a white frame house near Boone Hospital Center. COG built their current 72,000 square feet state-of-the-art facility at Broadway and Keene in 2008. The current facility includes an in-house ambulatory surgery center, doctor offices, exam rooms and an imaging center.
Longtime former Columbia Orthopaedic Group president Dr. Mark Adams joined host Fred Parry Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” Dr. Adams, who served as COG’s president for 18 years, emphasizes their humble beginnings and growth. He notes the bedrooms in that 1965 white-frame house served as exam rooms. Dr. Adams tells listeners that COG today sees 700 visits each day, adding they have 27 physicians and more than 225 employees. Mr. Parry and Dr. Adams also discussed numerous other topics on the show, including the $10-billion merger between St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City-based St. Luke’s. Dr. Adams tells listeners that he sees the merger as an attempt to shift the power curve that exists in medicine. Dr. Adams says insurance has had pricing power for many years. They also discussed a number of benchmark developments in Columbia healthcare in the past 40 years, including Columbia Regional Hospital’s 1974 opening. Dr. Adams tells listeners that Boone was very crowded at that time, adding that Columbia Regional, which is behind the Moser’s on Keene and is now Women’s Hospital, essentially became an orthopaedic specialty hospital. Fred and Dr. Adams also reflected on three of COG’s founders: Garth Russell, Glenn McElroy and John Payne:
UPDATE: Boone Hospital Center’s losses were about $20-million less in 2023 than year before
One of Columbia/Boone County’s largest employers says its hospital in Columbia had positive cash flow in two months near the end of 2023 for the first time since its separation from St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare in 2021.
939 the Eagle’s Mike Murphy, who publishes Comobuzz-dot-com, reports that during this week’s Boone Hospital Center board of trustees meeting, hospital chief executive officer Ed Clayton said the hospital’s finances have been on an upward trend for some time. The online news publication reports the hospital is still enduring significant operating losses but that the losses were nearly $20-million less in 2023 than they were in 2022.
Boone Hospital Center is Columbia/Boone County’s sixth-largest employer, according to 2023 statistics from Columbia Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI). REDI says Boone Hospital Center has 1,581 employees.
(LISTEN): Boone Hospital Center watching merger between BJC and St. Luke’s closely
Mid-Missouri health care executives are paying close attention to the $10-billion merger between St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City-based St. Luke’s, which takes effect in January.
939 the Eagle host Fred Parry didn’t mince words on Saturday morning’s “CEO Roundtable” program, telling listeners Columbia-based MU Health Care “will be under attack” from BJC, adding that MU Health Care has already been under attack from KU Medical Center. Mr. Parry’s guest was Boone Hospital board of trustees chair Dr. Jerry Kennett, who suggests it’s important for Boone and MU Health Care to work together to enhance services locally.
“I think it’s important to be looking forward and seeing what we can do to shore up our defenses certainly. And not only just in Columbia but I think with those hospitals you’ve mentioned, whether it’s Brookfield, Samaritan, or Marshall,” Dr. Kennett says.
Northern Missouri’s Brookfield’s hospital is Pershing, Samaritan Hospital is in northeast Missouri’s Macon and Fitzgibbon Hospital is in west-central Missouri’s Marshall.
Dr. Kennett tells listeners that it’s important to protect market share locally, with the merger fast approaching.
“It is an important time and also to explore what we can do with (Columbia-based) MU Health Care together to enhance services locally so people don’t have to go out-of-state,” Dr. Kennett says.
You can listen to Fred’s full interview here.
(LISTEN): Boone Hospital Center watching merger between BJC and St. Luke’s closely
Mid-Missouri health care executives are paying close attention to the $10-billion merger between St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City-based St. Luke’s, which takes effect in January.
939 the Eagle host Fred Parry didn’t mince words on Saturday morning’s “CEO Roundtable” program, telling listeners Columbia-based MU Health Care “will be under attack” from BJC, adding that MU Health Care has already been under attack from KU Medical Center. Mr. Parry’s guest was Boone Hospital board of trustees chair Dr. Jerry Kennett, who suggests it’s important for Boone and MU Health Care to work together to enhance services locally.
“I think it’s important to be looking forward and seeing what we can do to shore up our defenses certainly. And not only just in Columbia but I think with those hospitals you’ve mentioned, whether it’s Brookfield, Samaritan, or Marshall,” Dr. Kennett says.
Northern Missouri’s Brookfield’s hospital is Pershing, Samaritan Hospital is in northeast Missouri’s Macon and Fitzgibbon Hospital is in west-central Missouri’s Marshall.
Dr. Kennett tells listeners that it’s important to protect market share locally, with the merger fast approaching.
“It is an important time and also to explore what we can do with (Columbia-based) MU Health Care together to enhance services locally so people don’t have to go out-of-state,” Dr. Kennett says.
You can listen to Fred’s full interview here.
(LISTEN): Boone Hospital Center Board of Trustees chair Dr. Jerry Kennett appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City-based St. Luke’s will be merging in January. 939 the Eagle’s Fred Parry reports their merger will form a $10-billion system with 28 hospitals. Kansas City television station KMBC reports St. Luke’s is the second-largest health care provider in Kansas City, while BJC is the St. Louis area’s largest health system. Boone Hospital Center board of trustees chair Dr. Jerry Kennett joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. Mr. Parry tells listeners that Columbia-based MU Health Care “will be under attack” from BJC, adding that MU Health has already been under attack from KU Medical Center. Dr. Kennett suggests that it’s important for MU Health Care and Boone Hospital Center to work together to enhance services locally: