Highline Medical Center in Burien and the Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System today announced they are exploring a strategic alliance.
Highline Medical Center in Burien and the Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System today announced they are exploring a strategic alliance.
The agreement is the latest move in a health care chess game in which the region’s large health care providers have purchased or formed partnerships with most of the region’s independent hospitals.
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Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System announced today it plans to expand its presence in Auburn with the fall opening of a new primary and specialty care facility on Auburn’s main arterial.
One of the state’s biggest medical insurance providers and one of its largest health care systems have signed a new agreement, ending the threat of a health care crisis for some 53,000 South Sound families.
Clad in white marble, Tacoma’s newest medical edifice — the new Franciscan Medical Building at St. Joseph Medical Center — could easily be mistaken for a sleek corporate office.
Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System and Regence Blue Shield appear to be on the verge of averting a health care crisis for some 53,000 Regence members. The Tacoma-based health care company and the insurer say they’re close to resolving a disagreement over rising costs.
As a senior on the basketball team at Prosser High School 46 years ago, Richard Brandsma helped win the divisional state championship.
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