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Posted on 5/9/2026
CoxHealth
1,001-5,000 employees
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Springfield, MO, USA
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- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing
- Current Registered Nurse License active in the state of Missouri
- Experience: None required
- Preferred experience in outpatient or ambulatory clinic setting is desired
- Assess patient health problems and needs via telephone contact with patient/parent/guardian
- Use established protocols for communication to support patient-centered care
- Provide proper triage and escalation of cases to clinic providers
- Support clinic practices by triage and escalation
- Previous nursing experience, especially in outpatient or ambulatory clinic setting
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1,001-5,000
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Headquarters
Springfield, Missouri
Founded
1906
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Branson residency launched summer 2026 addresses rural physician shortages.
- Dr. Matthew Alder appointed March 12, 2026, leads 2027 pediatric specialty center.
- Logan Aguirre and Joselyn Baldner joined board February 13, 2026, enhancing leadership.
What critics are saying
- ACA marketplace exit loses 23,000 Greene County patients to Mercy in 2026.
- Anthem and UnitedHealthcare disputes erode market share within 12 months.
- Branson residency dilutes Springfield program's resources in 18 months.
What makes CoxHealth unique
- CoxHealth operates dual ACGME-accredited family medicine residencies in Springfield and Branson.
- St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth opens as southwest Missouri's only independent pediatric hospital.
- CoxHealth leverages locally owned not-for-profit status for community-focused rural training.
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CoxHealth to launch new family medicine residency program. Posted 3/26/26 Cox Medical Center Branson will host the initiative starting this summer. This item is for subscribers only. Access exclusive local business news and insights Annual and monthly subscriptions available Having trouble logging in to your subscription?
Insurance changes leave thousands in southwest Missouri without access to CoxHealth providers. * Najifa Farhat, KBIA * Mar 25, 2026 Updated 18 hrs ago Thousands of residents in southwest Missouri are scrambling to find new doctors after insurance changes left CoxHealth - the region's largest health system - unavailable for many marketplace patients. The disruption comes as nearly 350,000 Missouri residents enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans this year. That number represents about 5% of all the state's residents, but it's actually about 10% lower than a year ago. Congress let federal subsidies lapse, which meant insurance premiums for those on ACA marketplace plans skyrocketed. In Greene and Webster counties, many patients say they were unable to find plans that include CoxHealth providers, forcing them to switch coverage, change doctors or go without care. The decision affects Springfield, the state's third-largest city - which is also home to CoxHealth's headquarters. CoxHealth said last fall that, "based on current analysis and the uncertainty of the marketplace," its insurance arm, CoxHealth Plans, would not offer marketplace plans in those counties this year, according to a news release the health system provided to KBIA. It remains unclear whether any insurer offers marketplace plans that include CoxHealth providers in the area. A spokesperson for Anthem, the nation's second-largest health insurer, confirmed that company does not. UnitedHealthcare, the largest U.S. health insurance firm, said it offers marketplace plans in Greene County through a CoxHealth competitor, Mercy, but did not directly address CoxHealth. 'It's a scramble' According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, nearly 23,000 people in Greene County and about 2,800 in Webster County enrolled in marketplace plans in 2025. For patients such as Heather Lewis, the change has had immediate consequences. Lewis, a Springfield social worker, has multiple chronic conditions, including lupus, an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own tissues. She relies on four specialists for digestive, kidney and nerve-related care. For 22 years, Lewis received treatment through CoxHealth. But when she went to renew her insurance last November, she learned none of her doctors would be considered in-network for 2026. "It was really stressful... knowing it would be hard to find new specialists, and that I might not have care for several months because of waitlists. That was a big blow," she said. Lewis said missing care could mean skipping a monthly blood transfusion. She ultimately switched most of her treatment to Mercy. "I had really good relationships with all of my doctors," she said. "You build that over time - and now suddenly I have to explain everything to five new people." She is still waiting to see some specialists and has been referred to a gastroenterologist in St. Louis - a nearly three-hour drive away. Others report similar challenges. David James, a tattoo artist in Marshfield, a town just northeast of Springfield, has Crohn's disease and requires an injection every eight weeks to manage his condition. He also had to leave CoxHealth and switch to Mercy, where he encountered long wait times. "I was so close to getting my injection, which was a scramble," he said. "They had been inundated with other patients coming in because of this cancellation of coverage." When he eventually received treatment, he was billed for a $300 copay, a cost he said he did not have before. He is now working with the drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson to try to reduce the price. Carrie Dayal, a nurse, said she previously visited a Cox clinic in the Springfield suburb of Willard with her husband, who has Type 2 diabetes. The clinic was a five-minute drive from their home. Now, she said, the transition has created both logistical and financial strain. Her insurance premium has increased by nearly $200 compared to last year. "It's just a financial strain," she said. "Also the provider I'm seeing, I got their first appointment date in April. So we're just having to wait and are kind of stuck in between if anybody is sick or has a problem." Rachel Swindle, a doctoral candidate and policy researcher at Harvard University, said disputes like this often come down to negotiating power between hospitals and insurers. CoxHealth is a major player in the Springfield area, giving it significant leverage in contract negotiations. "From the hospital's perspective, it sounds like they have a lot more negotiating power, as we've mentioned earlier, they have the largest market share in terms of the provider landscape in that area," Swindle said. "That means that they have more power when you're negotiating those rates with insurers to extract a higher price from insurers." When those negotiations break down, she said, patients are often left to bear the consequences. "There's probably blame to go around, both from the insurers, from the hospitals and big health systems but also from policymakers and federal regulators and their failure or slow response times contribute to a lot of these dynamics," she said.
Dr. Matthew alder named pediatrician-in-chief and chief medical officer for St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth. March 12, 2026 Press Releases, St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth, Springfield St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth is pleased to announce that Matthew N. Alder, MD, PhD, a highly regarded pediatric critical care physician, has been named the inaugural pediatrician-in-chief and chief medical officer at St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth. He is also a WashU Medicine voluntary clinical professor of pediatrics. Dr. Alder's new role advances a collaboration between St. Louis Children's Hospital and CoxHealth - supported by the expertise of WashU Medicine pediatric physicians - to expand access to pediatric specialty care across southwest Missouri. Dr. Alder will oversee the joint venture's pediatric services at the new St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth, the only independently licensed pediatric hospital in southwest Missouri. St. Louis Children's at CoxHealth, which opened March 1 within the walls of Cox South, includes an advanced neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatric intensive care unit, and inpatient pediatric care. "Dr. Alder brings broad experience in pediatric critical care medicine across diverse intensive care unit settings and care teams to his new role, where he also will coordinate and direct strategic initiatives for pediatric specialty care," says Dr. Paul Scheel Jr., vice chancellor for clinical affairs at WashU Medicine, CEO of WashU Medicine Physicians and president of WashU Medicine & BJC HealthCare Physician Provider Organization. Dr. Alder previously served as an attending physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Cox Medical Center South and is board certified in pediatric critical care. His leadership will be integral to the new, 133,000 square-foot outpatient Specialty Care Center, scheduled to open in 2027 on the Cox South campus. The Center will feature ambulatory surgery, imaging, laboratory services, infusion, pediatric specialty care clinics, and more. Specialties will significantly expand access to advanced pediatric care with the addition of cardiology, hematology, oncology, ophthalmology, surgery, and urology. Dr. Alder earned his medical degree and a doctor of philosophy in immunology in 2009, both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. From 2015 to 2023, he earned accolades as an academic physician and researcher at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. His clinical expertise includes mechanical ventilation, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, extracorporeal support modalities, and leadership in resuscitation. At CoxHealth, Dr. Alder has led educational initiatives for nursing, respiratory therapy, and emergency department teams to elevate pediatric critical care capabilities within its regional hospital system. "Dr. Alder's experience and dedication to elevating pediatric care greatly enhances our efforts in Springfield," says Dr. Gary Silverman, the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor of Pediatrics and head of the WashU Medicine Department of Pediatrics, and physician-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital. "His efforts will further expand our nationally recognized pediatric expertise to children and families across the region." About CoxHealth. CoxHealth is an award-winning regional health system with six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, five ERs and more than 14,000 employees throughout southwest Missouri. CoxHealth is Missouri's first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. Cox Medical Centers, which includes CoxHealth's Springfield hospitals, is designated as a Magnet(R) hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program, and CoxHealth is also the only Springfield hospital named for seven years to U.S. News & World Report's Best Regional Hospitals list. CoxHealth is recognized by CareChex(R), the medical quality rating division of Comparion(R), as among the Top 10% U.S. hospitals for patient safety in overall hospital, medical and surgical care. For more information, visit www.coxhealth.com. About St. Louis Children's Hospital. St. Louis Children's Hospital is part of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States and has provided exceptional care for children from all 50 states and 80 countries around the world for more than 140 years. With its academic partner, WashU Medicine, St. Louis Children's is consistently ranked among the nation's best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and earns national distinction for comprehensive services that include heart, cancer, neurology, and orthopedics. St. Louis Children's is among an elite group of pediatric hospitals worldwide that have achieved a fifth consecutive, four-year Magnet Distinction(R) designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. St. Louis Children's is also one of the few pediatric hospitals in the Midwest nationally recognized by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, which is the highest classification of trauma care. About WashU Medicine. WashU Medicine is a global leader in academic medicine, including biomedical research, patient care and educational programs with more than 3,000 faculty. Its National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding portfolio is the second largest among U.S. medical schools and has grown 83% since 2016. Together with institutional investment, WashU Medicine commits well over $1 billion annually to basic and clinical research innovation and training. Its faculty practice is consistently among the top five in the country, with more than 2,000 faculty physicians practicing at 130 locations. WashU Medicine physicians exclusively staff Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals - the academic hospitals of BJC HealthCare - and Siteman Cancer Center, a partnership between BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine and the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Missouri. WashU Medicine physicians also treat patients at BJC's community hospitals in its region. With a storied history in MD/PhD training, WashU Medicine recently dedicated $100 million to scholarships and curriculum renewal for its medical students, and is home to top-notch training programs in every medical subspecialty as well as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology and communications sciences.
FourOneSeven's Logan Aguirre added to CoxHealth Board of Directors. Publisher of 417 Magazine and Biz 417 Logan Aguirre, along with Central Bank CEO and President Joselyn Baldner, have been added to CoxHealth's Board of Directors. One of its very own, FourOneSeven Publisher Logan Aguirre, is stepping up to represent 417-land in a new way. On Wednesday, February 13, CoxHealth announced the addition of Logan Aguirre and Joselyn Baldner to its Board of Directors. Aguirre leads 417 Magazine, Biz 417 and 417 Story Studio. Through storytelling, events and community partnerships, she has long played a central role in connecting business, nonprofit and civic leaders across Springfield and southwest Missouri. "We are thrilled to have both Logan and Joselyn join our board," said Sally Hargis, chair of the CoxHealth Board of Directors, in a press release. "Each brings unique leadership strengths that will add tremendous value as CoxHealth continues to expand and elevate the care we provide across the region." Baldner was included in the 2023 Biz 417 Women Who Mean Business honorees. She is the president and CEO of Central Bank, holding more than 25 years of experience in the banking industry. Aguirre and Baldner's service on the board begins immediately. CoxHealth announces addition of community leaders Logan Aguirre and Joselyn Baldner to Board of Directors. CoxHealth is pleased to welcome Logan Aguirre and Joselyn Baldner to its board of directors, further strengthening the health system's leadership during a pivotal time of growth. "We are thrilled to have both Logan and Joselyn join our board," says Sally Hargis, chair of the CoxHealth Board of Directors. "Each brings unique leadership strengths that will add tremendous value as CoxHealth continues to expand and elevate the care we provide across the region." Aguirre is the publisher and owner of Whitaker Publishing, the multi-platform media company behind 417 Magazine, Biz 417 and other regional lifestyle publications. A long-standing community advocate, she is known for her deep connections across Springfield and southwest Missouri. "As an industry leader who connects people across sectors through meaningful content and experiences, Logan always has her finger on the pulse of our area," says Max Buetow, CoxHealth's president and CEO. "Her insight and community involvement will help guide us as we broaden our reach across southwest Missouri." Joining her on the board is Joselyn Baldner, president and CEO of Central Bank, one of the region's top performing banks across all financial metrics. With more than 25 years in the banking industry, Baldner has consistently invested her time and expertise in organizations that strengthen the community. "Joselyn's commitment to the well-being of Springfield and the surrounding area goes far beyond the work she does in the banking world," Buetow says. "Her dedication and service-minded leadership will play a meaningful role in shaping the decisions of our board moving forward." As the only locally owned, not-for-profit tertiary health system in the region, CoxHealth is governed by a 27-member volunteer Board of Directors made up of strong community, business, and industry leaders. Aguirre and Baldner will begin their Board service immediately.
CoxHealth has been awarded a spot on the Fortune list of America's Most Innovative Companies 2025.