IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM), a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, announced today that it has acquired Ann Arbor Inhospital Physicians, PLLC. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the acquisition represents an expansion in the Michigan market where IPC has an established presence. The practice has an annualized volume of approximately 11,000 patient encounters. The owner, Hamidullah Halimi, MD, will remain with the practice.
R. Jeffrey Taylor, IPC's President and COO, commented, "The addition of Ann Arbor Inhospital Physicians strengthens our existing Ann Arbor practice group and provides IPC Michigan with additional opportunities for growth. We welcome this well-established practice to IPC, where we can provide the administrative and financial resources that are increasingly vital to independent group practices in today's evolving healthcare landscape."