MultiCare Types Ambulatory Surgical procedure Middle Joint Enterprise

MultiCare, a nonprofit well being system working 12 hospitals throughout Washington state, is getting into right into a three way partnership with Atlas Healthcare Companions, a nationwide ambulatory surgical procedure heart (ASC) growth and administration firm.

Established in 2018, Phoenix-based Atlas partnered with Banner Well being to develop and handle Banner’s ASC community in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. Within the first 5 years as companions, Atlas led the growth of Banner’s ASC community from eight to 30 facilities with further ASCs beneath growth.

MultiCare is the third well being system to kind a three way partnership with Atlas since 2019, becoming a member of Banner Well being and Michigan-based Corewell Well being. 

Atlas additionally has teamed up with MedAxiom to create a cardiovascular-focused ASC three way partnership known as MedAtlas CV.  “MedAtlas CV will present a greater expertise for physicians and sufferers by means of strategic alignments, together with bridging the hole between well being techniques and physicians,” stated Jerry Blackwell, M.D., M.B.A., MedAxiom president and CEO, when it was introduced. “The mixture of Atlas’ experience in ASC growth and administration, and MedAxiom’s deep insights into cardiovascular care supply, ensures high-quality medical and affected person outcomes.”

“We’re very proud and excited to work with MultiCare. We have discovered robust cultural alignment between the 2 organizations and consider that the Atlas’ mission to offer distinctive care and excellent customer support to sufferers and physicians enhances and helps MultiCare’s imaginative and prescient to be the Pacific Northwest’s highest worth system of well being,” stated Aric Burke, CEO of Atlas Healthcare Companions, in a press release. “The Atlas three way partnership ASC mannequin aligns MultiCare, physicians, and Atlas to ship high-quality affected person outcomes and expertise in an inexpensive outpatient setting. Atlas additionally focuses on offering a extremely environment friendly service for physicians with a chance to spend money on and companion within the ASC operations.”

Previous to founding Atlas, Burke served because the West Market President for United Surgical Companions Worldwide (USPI), the most important ASC administration firm within the business. 

“ASCs are important for us to offer the best high quality and highest worth healthcare to our communities,” stated Mark Mariani, M.D., vice chairman, MultiCare Surgical procedure Facilities, in a press release. “We’re dedicated to sustaining and increasing entry to surgical care within the area with an excellent companion that helps us ship on our imaginative and prescient and mission. Partnering with Atlas gives the staff and experience to develop, handle, and scale our ASC community rapidly and successfully.”