munson primary care :: Article CreatorMunson Healthcare To Integrate Operations With Little Traverse Primary Care
Munson Healthcare and Little Traverse Primary Care have signed a letter of intent to integrate business operations.
They say the effective date of clinic integration is slated for January 1, 2022.
The clinic will operate as Munson Healthcare Little Traverse Primary Care.
Officials say Munson Healthcare plans to utilize space within the Little Traverse Primary Care clinic for visiting specially care providers and ancillary services.
"The business of healthcare has changed tremendously over the past 20 years, and exponentially over the past two years," said Thomas Loomis, MD, founding partner at Little Traverse Primary Care. "It has become evident to our organization that if we want to continue to practice patient care in a traditional model, partnering with a large health system and all is has to offer is essential. We are confident that our alignment with Munson Healthcare will bring increased access to both primary and specialty care providers for our community in addition to enhanced services."
Laura Glenn, Vice President of Munson Healthcare's Provider Network stated, "We are thrilled to support the Harbor Springs community and look forward to serving the patients of Little Traverse Primary Care. We are honored to be working with the outstanding team at Little Traverse Primary Care. Dr. Loomis, Dr. Walker and team have delivered exceptional patient care to the community over the past 25 years, and we look forward to supporting that care well into the future."
Officials say clinic providers and staff, with the exception of Dr. Loomis and Dr. Wendy Walker, will transition to employees of Munson Healthcare in January.
Dr. Loomis and Dr. Walker will continue to operate the MDVIP practice at a new location in Petoskey.
Munson Healthcare CEO Discusses Regional Care Transformation Plan
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A major change for northern Michigan's largest healthcare provider.
On Wednesday Munson Healthcare outlined a three-year regional care transformation plan.
UpNorthLive News spoke with Munson's president to find out what this all means to you.
The three-year plan would put hospitals into two categories: regional and community.
Munson Healthcare President and CEO Ed Ness says the plan also means expanding primary care, virtual care and improving access for patients.
"Really if you think about what's changing, there's more and more things done with an outpatient center rather than inpatient center," Ness said.
"What we're doing is restructuring and re-envisioning how we deliver care. So, to do that, what we're doing is structing the services so we can have the right things in the right communities," Ness said.
Regional hospitals include Munson Medical Center, Otsego Memorial and Cadillac, Charlevoix, Manistee and Paul Oliver in Benzie County will be designated as community hospitals.
"So we are regionalizing those inpatient admissions to the regional hospitals while the community hospitals will continue to offer emergency care, observation care, as well as more limited low acuity or less severe inpatient admissions," said Munson's Chief Operating Officer Laura Glen.
Part of this plan would transfer patients to the right facility for needed care.
"We have a bank of callers that when you're in an institution and need to be transferred someplace else, you call this center and a group of clinicians looks at what your diagnoses is and then looks at the capabilities around the system and they match those clinical needs with what the capabilities are," Ness said.
"And once that decision is made, transportation is arranged from that community to where they are going," Ness said.
Right now, Munson Healthcare has 7,500 employees and currently has 700 job openings.
Administrators say staff will have options to transfer to different facilities in this new model.
The Munson Nurses Association has sent UpNorthLive News a response to the transitional plan.
The Traverse City Munson Nurses Association and the Manistee Hospital RN Staff Council issued the following statement regarding the changes announced by Munson Healthcare:
We have read Munson's announcement and are awaiting further details. However, we have some initial concerns. Hospitals provide vital services to our families and communities. Nursing is facing a crisis as profit-driven decisions drive nurses away from the bedside. Virtual appointments are no substitute for in-person care even in the best of circumstances. This is especially true in areas that do not have reliable internet access. Right now, over 50,000 actively licensed Michigan RNs are choosing not to work as nurses because of the working conditions hospitals have created. Reducing vital services in rural areas will make the problem worse, not better. We need to make sure that all patients are able to receive the same standard of high-quality care no matter where they live."
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