Olympic Medical Center agreed to a contract with Sound Physicians, despite criticism from many emergency department doctors and staff, the Sequim Gazette reports.
Earlier, the hospital had said that it would not renew the contract with Peninsula Emergency Services, Inc. (PESI), which expires at the end of the month, and instead would hire Sound Physicians to provide emergency department physicians as of July 1.
OMC CEO Darryl Wolfe said in a meeting the contract provision allows the hospital to leave the contract six months after the first year if it finds a better partnership.
The agreement will cost $106,905 per month to provide physicians, totaling $1.28 million a year.
The impetus for this sudden change in emergency service providers is due primarily to ongoing investigations against an emergency department doctor who works with PESI. Read more.
