Suburban Medical Center was originally established by
Humana in December 1978. In 1993,
Columbia/HCA acquired the hospital as part of its expansion into the Kansas City area. The company announced the facility would be renamed Overland Park Regional Medical Center and would undergo a $25 million expansion. In 1999, Columbia/HCA and Health Midwest entered discussions about a joint venture, which included the management of several local hospitals, including Overland Park Regional. In 2014, the hospital underwent a $120 million expansion, adding a new emergency department and trauma center, a three-story patient tower, and a new parking garage to support its growing patient base. Dr. Raymond Brovont, an emergency department physician at Overland Park Regional, was dismissed by
EmCare, the physician staffing group serving the hospital, in January 2017 after he raised concerns that the facility’s low physician staffing levels posed a risk to patient safety. In 2018, a jury awarded him a $29 million dollar judgment for wrongful termination, which was reduced on appeal to $26 million. ==Facilities==