Atlanta Medical Center Joins Private Healthcare Systems Network.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 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 addition of Atlanta Medical Center to its PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there Network. For more than 100 years, Atlanta Medical Center has served the region's medical needs. As a 460-bed acute care facility, Atlanta Medical Center provides a wide range of services, including a 30-bed level III neonatal unit; a level II trauma center In the United States a Level II trauma center provides emergency medicine to trauma patients. A Level II trauma center works in collaboration with a Level I trauma center. It provides comprehensive trauma care and supplements the clinical expertise of a Level I institution. ; a comprehensive cancer center; a neighborhood community health center; and a comprehensive rehabilitation and psychiatric facility. In addition, the hospital features the Atlanta Pain Center, Occupational Medicine, Outpatient Rehabilitation and a recently introduced Diabetes and Metabolic Center. Off-site facilities include Morrow Physical Therapy and Fayette Cardiac Rehabilitation Cardiac Rehabilitation Definition Cardiac rehabilitation is a comprehensive exercise, education, and behavioral modification program designed to improve the physical and emotional condition of patients with heart disease. . "We are very pleased by the addition of Atlanta Medical Center to the PHCS Network," said Russ Moran, Executive Vice President, Networks. "This facility has a long tradition of service within the community. PHCS enrollees can now access a broad spectrum of health care options among Atlanta Medical Center's many specialized programs." "We are excited to become a part of the PHCS family," said Bill Moore, Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta Medical Center. "This relationship is important to our community because PHCS members will be able to receive health care services where they live and work." About PHCS For 17 years, Private Healthcare Systems has been meeting the network and medical management needs of customers across the country. Corporate headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. , with regional offices located throughout the United States. The largest proprietary PPO network in the country, the PHCS Provider Network includes nearly 380,000 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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