{"id":6436,"date":"2024-08-30T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T20:28:01","slug":"pih-benjamin-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/pih-benjamin-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneers in Health: Benjamin Anderson, Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the Pioneers in Health<\/a> podcast. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here, we share inspiring stories of pioneering leaders working to improve health. We bring you guests from our state, from our nation and from your backyard to tell their stories of how they broke new ground and changed the landscape of health care.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In episode six, we interview Benjamin Anderson<\/a>, who returned earlier this year to Kansas to serve as president and CEO of Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benjamin is nationally known for his work leading rural hospitals and developing innovative, mission-focused provider recruitment efforts. He understands the importance of engaging diverse, underserved populations and non-profit partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this episode, he discusses how he’s helped hospitals design systems to improve health outcomes and serve diverse communities that were previously underserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also discusses innovative ways they have improved recruitment and retention of physicians, as well as the importance of building relationships with those in your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin also discusses his journey from a conservative skeptic of Medicaid expansion<\/a> to an advocate for expansion<\/a> as a critical piece of improving access to care and strengthening rural hospitals\u2019 finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen now, and learn more how Benjamin is a pioneering leader in health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listen now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Listen below or on any of your favorite podcast services. Like and subscribe to stay up-to-date with each new episode!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Episode 6 features Benjamin Anderson, President & CEO of Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System<\/em><\/div>