Dive Brief:
- On June 5, Iasis Healthcare announced the opening of Mountain Point Medical Center, a new hospital in Utah with a price tag of more than $80 million.
- The 124,000-square-foot facility is designed to provide comprehensive healthcare services to residents of a rapidly-growing area in Utah.
- The new hospital is one of five that Iasis owns in the state.
Dive Insight:
Mountain Point includes a 60,000-square-foot integrated medical office building that is occupied by primary care and multi-specialty physician groups. The hospital was designed to increase the emphasis on outpatient care, which should serve the system well as newer payment models are providing incentives to reduce hospital admissions as a means of reducing the total costs of care.
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