HCA Midwest Division

The following Kansas City area hospitals are affiliated with the HCA Midwest Division:


 * Independence Regional Health Center - Independence, Missouri
 * The Medical Center of Independence - Independence, Missouri
 * Lee's Summit Hospital - Lee's Summit, Missouri
 * Lafayette Regional Health Center - Lexington, Missouri
 * Research Medical Center - Kansas City, Missouri
 * Research Belton Hospital - Belton, Missouri
 * Research Medical Center- Brookside Campus - Kansas City, Missouri
 * Research Psychiatric Center - Kansas City, Missouri
 * Menorah Medical Center - Overland Park, Kansas
 * Overland Park Regional Medical Center - Overland Park, Kansas
 * Allen County Hospital - Iola, Kansas

The parent corporation, HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) is based in Nashville, Tennessee. HCA, a for-profit hospital corporation, purchased these hospitals in 2003 from Health Midwest, Inc., a non-profit hospital corporation. HCA's focus nationwide has been to close hospitals and units which are not profitable, particularly psychiatric hospitals and units, and expand their services in more affluent markets. Baptist-Lutheran Medical Center, one of the HCA Midwest Hospitals, closed in April of 2006.