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approaches to health and health care that make a difference, generates
synergies to develop resources to add value and enhance outcomes, and
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comprehensive health care throughout central California.

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PHCS has thirty general acute care facilities throughout the
central California region.
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located throughout the United States. The largest national proprietary
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital centers of excellence include the Central
California Heart Institute and the Memorial Center for Behavioral Health.

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PRESS RELEASE Private Healthcare Systems Adds Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Mercy Southwest Hospital and Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield

Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), the nation's
leading health care cost management company, today announced the addition
of three central California hospitals to its PPO Network. Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield has been serving the
community for almost a century and is known for its bariatrics program and
oncology services at the Florence R.

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"We are very pleased to offer our customers and their members access to
these facilities and health care services," said Keith Vangeison, PHCS
Executive Vice President, Networks.)
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Mercy Southwest Hospital is known for its
Family Birth Center and is the only hospital in Bakersfield's rapidly
growing west side.

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Part of the
Catholic Healthcare West system, the network additions include: Bakersfield
Memorial Hospital, Mercy Southwest Hospital and Mercy Hospital of
Bakersfield.
The hospital is known for its Family Childbirth Center and Level II
neonatal intensive care unit.

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reappointed as chair of the VHA Health Foundation board, said, "We are
pleased to welcome these two new, uniquely qualified board members . They
are clearly committed to the Foundation's mission of creating better health
through innovation and will provide great leadership as we continue to
develop our strategy to fund innovations that lead to better health care.

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PHCS is the first and only national PPO to earn four
endorsements of quality from two independent, nationally recognized quality
assurance organizations, NCQA and URAC.

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Taylor and Whitaker join the
14 other members of The VHA Health Foundation Board.org/vhahf/aboutus.