Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System and the Northwest Physicians Network have created the first Medicare-approved Accountable Care Organization in the South Sound.
Tacoma’s Franciscan Health System and the Northwest Physicians Network have created the first Medicare-approved Accountable Care Organization in the South Sound.
The new organization to be called the Franciscan Northwest Physicians Health Network is the second Accountable Care Organization in the state.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2013/01/17/franciscan-northwest-physicians-network-ally-to-create-new-medicare-health-group/
PeaceHealth, which provides much of the health care in Whatcom County and operates the only hospital here, has ended its plan to combine with another Catholic health organization, both sides announced Wednesday, April 3.
The deal between PeaceHealth and Catholic Health Initiatives was to be in place by June 30. The two faith-based health care systems had signed a non-binding agreement last August to create a joint venture by combining all of their operations, which include 16 hospitals, in three states.
They agreed on Tuesday, April 2, to suspend their discussions, as they were going through due diligence and the approval process.
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.
Tacoma’s Franciscan Medical System has expanded its reach in Eastern Pierce County with the opening of a new, three-story, 45,000-square-foot medical pavilion in Bonney Lake.
MOUNT VERNON — A wave of proposed and completed mergers between secular and Roman Catholic hospitals, which are barred by church doctrine from performing procedures that could harm the unborn, is raising the prospect that unelected health care administrators could go where politicians could not.
Many parents struggle with the question: Should I let my son play football? How safe are children’s sports? Scott Zeitner, the chairman of Peninsula Youth Football, understands. Those concerns are behind the steps PYF is taking to improve both the safety and image of the game through a partnership with Franciscan Health System that will address the issue of concussions in youth sports.
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