Boone Health hires nearly three-dozen people for new heart clinic
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Boone Health says it is moving forward with its split from Missouri Heart Center.
Boone Health spokesman Christian Basi wrote in an email on Friday that the hospital is transitioning data for thousands of patients and that three-dozen staff members and providers have been hired for the hospital’s new clinic.
Basi added that Boone Health is hoping to get the new clinic up short after May 6, the date its partnership ends with the Missouri Heart Center.
Previous reporting shows that a group of physicians from Missouri Heart notified Boone Health in March that it would be ending a more-than-decade-long partnership on Wednesday, May 6.
Boone Health filed a lawsuit the same month accusing Missouri Heart of disclosing or misusing confidential information, including billing rates, reimbursement data, and strategic business details during its transition to new partnerships with outside organizations.
About 20,000 patients are expected to be affected.