IPC – The Hospitalist Company and Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Celebrate a Number of Firsts With Signing of Hospitalist Services Contract
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ — IPC – The Hospitalist Company announced today that it has been awarded a new hospitalist contract from Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The agreement represents IPC’s first contract in Southern California. This will also be the first hospitalist practice ever to be contracted at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center.
A leading healthcare provider for residents of Ventura County, the Greater Conejo Valley and its surrounding communities, the 265 bed acute care hospital is undergoing a $120 million expansion and identified the need to bring in a high-quality hospitalist practice group to support the needs of its growing inpatient population.
The IPC hospitalist practice consists of Jonathan R. Nasseri, M.D., and Ranilo L. Asuncion, M.D. The physicians will be supported by Jocelyn DeVault, Director of Business Development.
“We are thrilled to be the first contracted hospitalist practice at Los Robles. We look forward to serving the local community of patients and physicians and introducing IPC’s breadth of hospitalist care to this busy and growing medical center,” said Adam Singer, M.D. Chairman and CEO, IPC-The Hospitalist Company. “We look forward to an ongoing partnership with Los Robles and growing our presence throughout the Southern California region.”
“We believe our technology and communications infrastructure will be a critical component of providing excellent service to Los Robles,” said Jonathan R. Nasseri, M.D., medical director for IPC Southern California. “Our proprietary IPC-LINK(R) technology will enable us to provide up-to-date information on patient admission and discharge to local physicians so that we can ensure the link between our hospitalists and the primary care physicians is seamless. We want to be sure patients receive the highest continuity of care possible as they enter and emerge from the hospital.”
About IPC – The Hospitalist Company
IPC – The Hospitalist Company — is the largest provider of hospitalist medicine in the United States. Founded by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Adam Singer, M.D. in 1995, IPC manages hospitalist practices in over 200 facilities across 15 states. IPC delivers hospital-specific solutions to improve the quality of inpatient care and the satisfaction of medical and nursing staff. IPC provides physician-driven, locally-delivered inpatient care supported by its proprietary IPC-LINK(R) information technology and other corporate services such as billing and collections, provider recruitment, marketing, training and education. IPC employs more than 600 healthcare providers and also offers selected services to non-IPC providers. For more information, visit http://www.hospitalist.com/.
About Los Robles
Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center is a 265-bed acute care facility dedicated to serving the residents of Ventura County, the Conejo Valley and its surrounding communities. With 400 physicians on its medical staff representing over 30 medical specialties, the hospital offers a full array of medical services including a 24-hour emergency department, ICU/CCU, maternity, neonatal intensive care unit, medical and surgical departments, comprehensive cancer center, heart center, same-day surgery, transitional care unit, rehab center, and senior behavioral health. The hospital is currently in a $120 million master plan expansion program, which will feature a 200,000 sq. ft. patient wing with 90 private rooms, a new lobby, patient admitting area, private consultation areas, and expanded department locales. Further information may be obtained at http://www.losrobleshospital.com/.
IPC – The Hospitalist Company
CONTACT: Aimee Corso, +1-310-780-2661, acorso@medaligngroup.com, for IPC- The Hospitalist Company
Web site: http://www.hospitalist.com/http://www.losrobleshospital.com/