Proposed Ketchikan hospital lease addresses upgrades, city oversight, surprise bills
Posted by Eric Stone | Jul 14, 2021
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
A new lease with the nonprofit that operates Ketchikan’s city-owned hospital will get its first public hearing Thursday evening. The first vote on the 20-plus-year agreement between the city and Vancouver, Washington-based PeaceHealth follows more than a year of formal negotiations.
The new lease lays out a variety of repairs, upgrades and expansions for the hospital over the next decade. PeaceHealth would be required to begin a $5.3 million remodel and expansion of its emergency room. The city would upgrade a culvert at a cost of $1.2 million.
Healthcare chain moves into state, takes part of former LoDo Patagonia store
Courtesy of Zoom+Care)
A Portland-based, on-demand healthcare provider is zooming into Colorado, and will be taking over a portion of Patagonia’s former space in LoDo.
Zoom+Care, which started as a neighborhood clinic in Oregon 13 years ago, is opening a location in Boulder this month, and plans to add four locations in Denver next year.
It already has more than 50 clinics in Oregon and Washington, and also plans to expand into Idaho next year.
“We want to really challenge the traditional status quo of the healthcare system, which is not transparent, is very hard to get an appointment with your personal care provider and specialists, and can be very confusing,” said CEO Torben Nielsen.