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Atlas Healthcare Partners Announces Joint Venture with MultiCare Health System

JULY 16, 2024

Atlas Healthcare Partners, a national ASC development and management company, announced a joint venture with MultiCare, a not-for-profit healthcare organization operating 12 hospitals across Washington State. The partnership combines the ASC strategy, development and operations expertise of Atlas with the broad hospital, physician and ambulatory network of MultiCare to expand access to high-quality, affordable surgical care to the communities of the Pacific Northwest, according to a release.

“We are very proud and excited to work with MultiCare," said Aric Burke, chief executive officer of Atlas Healthcare Partners, in the release. "We’ve found strong cultural alignment between the two organizations and believe that the Atlas mission to provide exceptional care and outstanding customer service to patients and physicians complements and supports MultiCare’s vision to be the Pacific Northwest’s highest-value system of health. The Atlas joint venture ASC model aligns MultiCare, physicians, and Atlas to deliver high-quality patient outcomes and experience in an affordable outpatient setting. Atlas also focuses on providing a highly efficient service for physicians with an opportunity to invest in and partner in the ASC operations.”

MultiCare is the third health system to form a joint venture with Atlas since 2019, after Banner Health and Corewell Health.

“ASCs are essential for us to provide the highest-quality and highest-value healthcare to our communities,” said Mark Mariani, MD, vice president of MultiCare Surgery Centers, in the release. “We are committed to maintaining and expanding access to surgical care in the region with an outstanding partner that helps us deliver on our vision and mission. Partnering with Atlas provides the team and expertise to develop, manage, and scale our ASC network quickly and effectively.”