On Jan. 1, 2018, the merger between Glasgow, Mont.-based Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Hi-Line General Surgery and the Glasgow (Mont.) Clinic will be complete, according to The Courier.
Here are three key notes:
1. Post-merger, the Glasgow Clinic with divide into primary care and specialty care divisions that will focus on either family and internal medicine or specialties such as orthopedic surgery.
2. Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital will likely be able to leverage payment programs from Medicare and Medicaid better after the merger, according to the report. The physical locations for the specialty services will remain the same in the near future.
3. Further down the road, the orthopedic, obstetrics/gynecology and general surgery clinics will move to one location separate from the primary care services. However, FMDH will continue to own and operate the clinics.