Joan McCullough ⋅ Diamond Springs, CA Marshall Medical Center ⋅ 40 years experience

I think Joyes suggestions above are great. What part of Healthcare administration interests you? Hospital based, outpt based, physician clinic, alternative medicine etc;?

Craig Bush ⋅ Boston, MA IBM ⋅ 11 years experience

Perhaps healthcare and life sciences consulting? It's a great way to break into the field. Msg me if interested.

Joyce Stein ⋅ Santa Clarita, CA Bank of America ⋅ 25 years experience

It would be helpful to have some clarification as to what specifically you want to do with the networking? Are you looking for career advice or job information?

Not knowing your specific intention, I do know someone who works in healthcare administration for a large company here in CA - she could call you and maybe she may have a connection in KS or MO - I can check. You may also want to join LinkedIn and then you can run a search for the specific area and location.
Additionally, you may want to network via a job search... Here's one link I pulled up for the VA:
http://www.kansascity.va.gov/careers/
Best of luck,
Joyce

Dennis Sajdak ⋅ Tempe, AZ Healthcare consultant ⋅ 30 years experience

Fred,
As CEO of many healthcare organizations, I would be happy to help. Feel free to call me at 480-353-1163 so we can discuss options.
Take care,
Dennis Sajdak