GREAT BEND TRIBUNE More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Pawnee Valley Community Hospital to part ways with University of Kansas Health System LARNED — After a five-year partnership, Pawnee Valley Community Hospital and the University of Kansas Health System will be working independently, according to a release by Pawnee Valley Community Hospital last week. The separation from University of Kansas Health System also includes HaysMed, which is a managing partner of Pawnee Valley Community Hospital. “This is a business story where these hospitals came together with the same vision and five years later all parties have decided to pursue the goals of access to affordable health care separately,” said Jill Chadwick, director of Media Relations for University of Kansas Health System.