Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli recently represented The University of Kansas Health System (KU Health) in its acquisition of Missouri-based Liberty Hospital and its clinics. As part of KU Health, Liberty Hospital will expand access to high-quality health care for current and future patients, including a more seamless experience receiving primary, specialty and subspecialty care. Liberty Hospital has more than 2,000 employees and 330 physicians and its expansion in recent years includes 15 primary and specialty care clinics.

The University of Kansas Health System is the region's premier academic health system, providing a full range of care. It includes The University of Kansas Physicians, the region's largest multispecialty physician group. The health system is affiliated with The University of Kansas Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions and their leading-edge research projects. In the Kansas City metro area, the health system offers more than 140 hospital and clinic locations, including its flagship hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, a hospital at Indian Creek Campus in Overland Park, hospitals in Olathe and Miami County, and two mental and behavioral health hospitals in the Kansas City area.

More information on the transaction can be found here.

Shareholder Frank J. Ross Jr. led the Polsinelli deal team, which included Shareholders Alexander B. Barton, Joan B. Killgore, William P. Sweeney, Reed S. Williams, Senior Partner Gerald W. Brenneman and Associates David E. Bird, Craig A. Boyd, Silmon Ghebreyesus, Katherine E. Hanners, Mark S. Hart and Nicholas G. Klumb.