Anchor Health Centers delivers high-quality healthcare with new facilities

Source: Exec

Date :06/05/2008 07:14:58

Anchor Health Centers’ business model enables it to deliver high-quality healthcare to the people of Naples, Florida – and to leverage contracting and purchasing resources.

Written by Ruari McCallion and Produced by Shaheen Mohammadipour

Physicians are pretty well-known for staunch defense of their independence and, while they co-operate well in hospitals and to promote medical interests, it’s unusual to find them grouping together to form a single organization, covering many practices. But that’s exactly what Anchor Health Centers, in Naples, Fla, does – and successfully.

“Anchor was established in 1996 and started practicing in 1997,” said Debbie Chandler, CEO. “The idea behind it came out of issues in healthcare in the mid-1990s. There was a lot going on in the community with regards to physicians and hospitals and a group of primary care physicians thought it would be better for them to get together. They saw opportunities to improve purchasing and achieve economies of scale; they believed that, with the ability to share resources, they’d do better than if they were on their own. The idea has worked very well – we’re now in our eleventh year.”

What began as a small-scale innovation has grown to become a 500-employee organization with revenues in excess of $70 million from treating 70-80,000 patients a year. It has 18 locations across Naples and Collier County, primarily doctors’ offices but also including ancillary services such as laboratories and radiology. Anchor is proud of being able to offer its patients a sophisticated range of radiology services, from simple X-ray to advanced cardio and vascular imaging and PET (positron emission tomography) scans.

“We have recently opened a new 21,000 square foot facility in the Eagle View Building, which houses our Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Center (CRRC)…

May 06, 2008

Click here to view the corporate brochure on Anchor Health Center