Paladina Health announces opening of Federal Way clinic in Washington

Paladina Health, LLC, an innovative employer-sponsored medical home health care provider, today announced the opening of the 35th clinic in its growing nationwide network. Located at 32275 32nd Ave. S. in Federal Way, Wash., the clinic is Paladina Health's^TM second in the state.

“Paladina Health is determined to lead the way to better, more affordable care that helps employers attract, support and retain healthier employees.”

Paladina Health's employer-sponsored medical home model helps self-insured employers comprehensively manage the health and health care cost of their employees and employees' families, leading to as much as 15 percent total cost savings.

These results are achieved through a physician-access model designed to deliver a differentiated employee benefit as Paladina Health's physicians proactively work with patients to improve their health and provide quality care in an easily accessible location.

The model's components include:

• 24/7 employee access to a personal physician, who is available via mobile phone and is held accountable for their patients' satisfaction, engagement and health;
• Convenient clinics that are located at an employer worksite or at a shared, near-worksite location;
• A broad number of medical services, including primary, preventive and basic urgent care provided for a low fixed monthly fee; and
• Assistance to patients in navigating specialty and hospital-based care to high-quality, low-cost providers as needed.

"Health care in the U.S. has to change," said Rebecca Steinfort, Paladina Health Chief Operating Officer. "Paladina Health is determined to lead the way to better, more affordable care that helps employers attract, support and retain healthier employees."

Paladina Health's Tacoma, Wash., clinic has shown significant improvements in total health care costs while also driving high employee satisfaction, loyalty and productivity. The company plans to release a case study showing the Tacoma clinic's health results data later this month.

Like the Tacoma clinic, the Federal Way clinic will be available both to employer groups and to individuals who want to purchase a membership directly.