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FE ATURES A LOCAL APPROACH: LABETTE HEALTH BUILDS NEW ER IN INDEPENDENCE 05 Independence, Kansas, made nationa l news when Mercy Hospita l closed in October 2015, following the passage of the ACA and the state of Kansas' decision not to expand KanCare coverage. The community has since donated $1.1 million of its own money to help build a facility for the future. RAISING THE BAR FOR STROKE CARE: VIA CHRISTI COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER NOT CONTENT TO REST ON ITS LAURELS 06 Wichita's Via Christi Hospita l St. Francis earned its Joint Commission certification last year as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by demonstrating it had the specia lized stroke care team and protocols in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week to care for even the most complex stroke cases. ROBOTIC ARM TO TRANSFORM JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY 10 The Kansas Spine & Specia lty Hospita l in Wichita is now the exclusive Kansas provider of Ma ko Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery, which enables surgeons to achieve a higher level of precision for implant design and replacement. 06 contents ON THE COVER /////// APR/MAY 2017 DIRECT PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS DISCUSS GROWTH OF CASH-ONLY PRACTICES 11 Direct primary care practices accept no insurance but instead provide care on a cash-only, membership basis. They have been quickly growing in number and patient base since the implementation of the ACA . SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: MEN'S HE ALTH COMPLICATING COGNITION: COMMON PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER DEMENTIA RISK 12 Scientists see more evidence that androgen deprivation therapy places prostate cancer patients at greater risk of cognitive decline. DEPARTMENTS DR. DROP IN PAIN MANAGEMENT 09 FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE 15 MEDICAL REAL ESTATE 15 NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE 16 10 16 Standing left of stroke survivor Kelby Harrison is Kumar Reddy, MD, Medical Director of Neurovascular and Interventional Radiology at Via Christi, who retrieved the clot, and on the right is James Walker, MD, Medical Director of Via Christi's dedicated 20-bed Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit, where Harrison received his care.