Menopause Specialists Who Accept Insurance in Kansas
43 practitioners have an office in Kansas, and 71 more can see patients here by telehealth. 69 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Kansas City, Overland Park and Topeka.
Takes Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare +1 · first visit $225
Jody Buchanan runs a solo women's health clinic in Andover, Kansas, in space inside an Andover Family Chiropractic office. She sees women from their first period through post-menopause, and she also sees men for sexual and reproductive health. New patient visits are 60 minutes and follow-ups are 30, and after the first visit many menopause follow-ups can be done by video for patients in Kansas. For hormones she stays with FDA-approved bioidentical hormone therapy and walks through the risks and benefits for a woman's age and health history. When hormones are not a good fit she turns to non-hormone medication along with sleep, nutrition and stress changes. She calls her visits trauma-informed and keeps smaller modern speculums on hand for teens and anyone nervous about an exam.
Women's Care OBGYN is a group obstetrics and gynecology practice with offices in Shawnee Mission and Overland Park. Dr. Howe is a board certified OBGYN whose listed focus areas are hormone replacement therapy, robotic gynecologic surgery and obstetrics. Menopause care here runs as part of ordinary gynecology, so a visit looks like a normal appointment with your own doctor rather than a separate hormone program. For symptoms they describe hormone therapy and also non-hormonal medications such as SSRIs and SNRIs. New patients can book a new patient gynecology appointment online, though the scheduler carries a notice that it is still under development and asks you to call if your provider or appointment type is missing. Dr. Howe grew up in Lebanon, Missouri and finished her residency in Omaha in 2019 before joining the group.
Dusty Swendson is a board certified internal medicine physician at COMCARE Ohio, a primary care clinic that is part of Salina Regional Health Center. COMCARE calls itself one of the larger family practice clinics in the region and says it has twenty physicians across its Salina offices. Her page on the clinic site lists her training and her board certification and nothing else, and no provider at COMCARE gets a clinical interests or services section. Nothing COMCARE or the health system publishes names menopause care or hormone therapy for her or for any of her colleagues. New patients start with an online registration form on the health system site, and the clinic is listed as offering video visits under a service it calls vCare. She trained at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and did her undergraduate work in Salina at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Johnson County OB/GYN is a long-running women's health group in the Kansas City suburbs with seven clinicians and a full-service lab in its own building. Dr. Cooper sees women across the whole range of gynecologic care, from adolescent visits through pregnancy and menopause. Her bio says she is deeply committed to supporting women through the menopause transition, and she frames her work around wellness and quality of life in every decade. She also does vNOTES hysterectomies, a vaginal approach that avoids abdominal incisions and shortens recovery. Appointments are set up by phone, and new patients complete pre-registration through a text and email link before they arrive. Some physicians in the group keep appointment slots before and after regular office hours.
Samantha Cunningham runs a solo practice that goes by My Elevated Wellness and also trades as Menopause Omaha. She treats women through perimenopause and menopause, and the only appointment she publishes is a fifty minute initial consultation for midlife care, booked as an office visit. She also sees patients by video in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. A first visit goes through symptom history, menstrual cycle, diet and exercise before any hormone plan is settled. For hormones she names local treatment such as vaginal estrogen alongside systemic treatment such as patches, testosterone and oral progesterone. She writes that her own passage through menopause shaped how she listens to patients, and she publishes a steady run of her own clinical articles on subjects like primary ovarian insufficiency and genitourinary syndrome of menopause.
Dr. Green runs a gynecology-only practice in the Northland of Kansas City, so her clinic days are never cut short by deliveries. She treats perimenopause and menopause with FDA-approved hormone therapy, including bioidentical options, and offers non-hormonal medicines for women who can't or don't want to take hormones. You can bring up hormone therapy at your first visit, but a Pap smear or pelvic exam is booked as a separate visit because of how insurance covers it. She also runs menopause group visits where you are welcome to bring a friend, and follow-ups and lab reviews can happen by video. She is a gynecologic surgeon too, so the same doctor can manage fibroids or a hysterectomy if it comes to that.
Angela Jones handles menopause and hormone care at Phase II Center for Women's Health, a gynecology and pelvic health clinic in Millcreek run by an all-female team. The clinic does no obstetrics, so appointments are not bumped for deliveries. Before moving into women's health she worked in emergency medicine and critical care. She prescribes both bioidentical and conventional hormone therapy, offers non-hormonal options, and keeps an eye on bone and heart health after menopause. She also covers routine gynecology like annual exams and contraception, and a gynecologic surgeon in the same office sees bladder and prolapse problems. The clinic bills insurance, and visits are booked by phone.
Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield +4 · first visit $150
Kelly Perisin is a nurse practitioner at MyMenopauseRx, a video-only practice that treats nothing but perimenopause and menopause. It was started by a Chicago-area gynecologist and bills insurance like a regular office. Visits take about 30 minutes on Zoom, and you can book the same clinician every time and message the care team between visits. Kelly came to menopause care from weight management and urgent care, and she draws on that when helping women with midlife weight gain. The practice prescribes FDA-approved estradiol and progesterone sent to your own pharmacy, and it prescribes testosterone directly only for patients in Illinois. It is meant to work alongside your own primary care doctor, who still handles anything that needs a physical exam.
Beyer is a Midi clinical leader and sits on the company advisory board, and she still sees patients by video. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology, then dropped obstetrics to work on gynaecology and hormonal health only. Weight is her second focus and she holds a diplomate from the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She talks openly about gaining weight before her 50th birthday and losing 35 pounds over five months, and she uses that with patients who are struggling. Care runs through Midi only, so visits are by video and anything needing an exam or imaging goes to an outside clinician. Her page has no booking link of her own, so the Midi sign-up does not let a new patient choose her by name.
Optimal Health and Wellness is a small Leawood practice that runs primary care alongside hormone therapy, weight loss and a medical spa. Amanda Woodworth is board certified in both family practice and women's health, and her stated interests are bioidentical hormone replacement, weight loss and functional thyroid management. Hormone care starts with a full evaluation and lab work, then usually runs on either every-other-week injections or pellets inserted in the office that last three to four months. The women's health side also covers endometrial biopsies, IUD and Nexplanon placement, and treatment for vaginal dryness and mild urinary incontinence. Thyroid patients can be put on compounded or desiccated thyroid medication when standard tablets do not suit them. New patients fill in a form and a patient care coordinator rings them back to book, and a deposit holds the slot.
Carrie Wieneke Broghammer is a general obstetrician gynecologist at The University of Kansas Health System, where she chairs the OB/GYN department. The department runs a midlife program called Menopause, Intimacy and Midlife Transition, and its menopause care includes hormone therapy. Her own profile describes the breadth of obstetrics and gynecology rather than a menopause-only practice. She came to KU in 2008 and started its minimally invasive gynecology program, so gynecologic surgery is a real part of her work. Her bio says she wants patients to understand their options and play a part in their own care, and she sees teens, adults and adults over 65. Visits are at two locations on the Kansas City campus, video visits are available, and a new patient starts by sending an appointment request and waiting for a scheduler to call back.
