Women's Specialty Center of Liberal

12/13/2025

If you are a Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) subscriber you may have recently received a letter such as the one posted below. We would like to clarify what is really happening. Dr. Flores has not lost his license as some rumors have suggested and he has not been guilty of any fraud as the letter loosely suggests.

Back in 2015, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts officially submitted a consent order restricting Dr. Flores from performing newborn circumcisions. This was after Dr. Flores had already voluntarily surrendered his privileges to perform newborn circumcisions after an adverse outcome. Due to this consent order his license is officially listed as “Active-but Limited”. That is the ONLY limitation. He is allowed to perform all other procedures and services that an OB/GYN can perform. In many facilities in big cities the pediatricians are the ones that usually perform newborn circumcisions.

BCBS was okay with this designation for the last 10 years and did not cancel his contract as a provider. Recently, BCBS changed their policy that a provider must have a FULL Active License with NO RESTRICTIONS in order to be a contracted provider. Dr. Flores is actively working with the Kansas Board of Healing Arts to complete whatever training and supervision is necessary to have the restriction on his license lifted. Once the restriction has been lifted, Dr. Flores will be able to reapply to be a contracted provider with BCBS again.

If you have received this letter and will be delivering within 90 days from 11/25 or was scheduled to have non-elective surgery, BCBS will still cover your care as long as you “opt in” and submit the form back to BCBS.

We hope this clarifies any confusion that has been circulating within the community.

11/30/2025

Dr. Flores is guilty of this on occasion. There have been several times that patients have been rescheduled due to Dr. Flores being up all night taking care of patients and taking multiple calls throughout the night with patients whose conditions are more complex and high risk. Coming in to the office, delivering a baby, or performing surgery with 1 hour of sleep or none is not only unhealthy but is extremely dangerous to the patients being taken care of. These are the hidden things that patients don’t see.

I received a one-star review from a patient of mine recently. It’s not my first. It probably won’t be my last. But this one hurt more than most.

09/19/2025

Interesting article that describes events that occur on the OB floor and the individuals that are important in the day-to-day process of working effectively during the childbirth experience. Many of these events and individuals go unnoticed in the background most of these time.

A night in Labor & Delivery through the eyes of an obstetrician

08/30/2025

Interesting news! Dr. Flores has been doing this already for quite some time since the first studies in term infants was released.

The recommendations are based on new evidence showing the benefits of varying deferred cord clamping times.

06/15/2025

Luckily, SWMC still has its OB services intact. This is what happened in Guymon, OK several years ago.

Since the end of 2020, more than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, a national

05/12/2025

Women’s Specialty Center of Liberal would like to wish all the mothers a Happy Mother’s Day today!

09/30/2024

Now hiring! MA and RN positions available! Contact SWMC Human Resources for more info!

07/17/2024

We are happy to announce that Dr. Flores is running for Seward County Commissioner in District 5.

06/16/2024

Latest study regarding induction of labor between 39 weeks and 0 days - 39 weeks and 6 days compared to expectant management (spontaneous labor between 40 weeks and 0 days - 42 weeks and 6 days) in patients attempting VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-section) after 1 prior Cesarean delivery.

When compared to expectant management, elective induction of labor at 39 weeks in low-risk patients with one prior cesarean delivery was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of vaginal delivery with no difference in composite maternal and neonatal morbidity outcomes.

Studies that have compared induction of labor in individuals with one prior cesarean delivery to expectant management have shown conflicting results.

05/10/2024

The future of OB is not so bright!

Story at a glance The United States is projected to experience a shortage of 5,000 OB-GYNs by 2030.    This is expected to cause already overworked doctors to further struggle to meet dem…

04/24/2024

Our OB Department rocks!

PRESS RELEASE: SWMC Recognized for Higher Quality and Cost-Efficiency in Maternity Care

Click on this link to read the full story: https://bit.ly/3Qka6Mi

01/09/2024