AIMS Outpatient Surgery Center Joins Private Healthcare Systems Network.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2003 Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS PHCS Private Healthcare Systems PHCS Primary Health Care Service PHCS Preventive Health Care System PHCS Princeton Health Care System (Princeton, New Jersey) PHCS Senior Chief Photographer's Mate (Naval Rating) ), the nation's leading health care cost management company, today announced the AIMS Outpatient Surgery Center has joined the PHCS Network. With the addition of this facility and its affiliated providers, PHCS now has more than 165 physicians serving Western Arizona. Located in Kingman, Arizona, AIMS Outpatient Surgery Center has been in operation since 1993. The facility specializes in outpatient laparoscopic Laparoscopic A minimally-invasive surgical or diagnostic procedure that uses a flexible endoscope (laparoscope) to view and operate on structures in the abdomen. Mentioned in: Obstetrical Emergencies procedures, such as ophthalmology, podiatry podiatry (pōdī`ətrē, pə–), science concerned with disorders, diseases, and deformities of the feet, also called chiropody. Podiatrists treat such common conditions as bunions, corns and calluses, and ingrown toenails. , orthopedic, gastroenterology, and plastic surgeries. "Western Arizona is an important development area for the PHCS Network," said Russ Moran, Executive Vice President, Networks. "We are committed to providing members in rural areas such as the Kingman region with access to convenient, cost-effective health care. We are very pleased to add the AIMS Outpatient Surgery Center and its providers to our Network." About PHCS For 18 years, Private Healthcare Systems has been meeting the network and medical management needs of customers across the country. Corporate headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts, with regional offices located throughout the United States. The largest proprietary PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there in the country, the PHCS Provider Network includes 383,000 providers and more than 3,600 facilities. PHCS is the only PPO that has earned multiple endorsements from both leading national health care quality organizations, NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there and URAC URAC Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (health care accreditation & certification) URAC University Recreation & Aquatic Centre Ltd (Australia) URAC Union Regional de Apoyo Campesino . |
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