Dr. Lauren Hughes, MD
Concierge Pediatrics physician, Kansas City, KS
Bloom Pediatrics and LactationDr. Hughes is a board-certified pediatrician and lactation consultant who founded Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation in 2020.
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About Dr. Hughes
Dr. Hughes is the founder of Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation. She started Bloom Pediatrics the day after graduating from residency in 2020. She earned her MD at the University of Kansas Medical School in 2017 and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Kansas Health System.
She earned the IBCLC lactation consultant credential while she was a resident. She facilitates the practice's community milk-sharing program, screening donors and recipients with guidelines similar to those used by human milk banks. She reviews donor health histories and orders blood tests to screen milk donors for diseases that can be passed through human milk.
Membership and fees
The practice is a membership-based pediatric practice that does not take insurance and sees patients regardless of insurance status.
Members get unlimited messaging and video access directly with their pediatrician.
In the community milk-sharing program, recipients pay $0.75 per ounce, paid before or at pickup, and the milk is not pasteurized.
Fees vary by plan. Ask the practice.
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Questions patients ask
Does Dr. Hughes take insurance, or offer a membership?
Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation is a membership-based pediatric practice. The practice does not take insurance and sees patients regardless of insurance status.
Is Dr. Hughes board certified?
Dr. Hughes is a board-certified pediatrician.
Where did Dr. Hughes train?
Dr. Hughes earned her MD at the University of Kansas Medical School in 2017 and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Kansas Health System.
Does Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation offer telehealth?
Video access and messaging with the pediatrician are part of membership.
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