Kansas City CV practice partners with St. Luke's

Cardiovascular Consultants, a 37-cardiologist practice in Kansas City, Mo., that provides cardiology services to the four hospital and regional facilities within the Saint Luke’s Health System, will partner to integrate care.

Effective June 1, the entity will now be called Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants.

According to Saint Luke’s, also based in Kansas City, Mo., under the partnership patients will see slight changes to billing but all other aspects of care will remain the same.

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