University Health Care Saco transition to SMMC Primecare on schedule

UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean Marc B. Hahn (right) presented Southern Maine Medical Center CEO Ed McGeachey (left) with a hand-blown glass blue lobster celebrating the special partnership between the two organizations at a meeting held Dec. 14, 2011. 

The transition of UNE's University Health Care Saco and Alfond Center physicians and staff to SMMC PrimeCare Physician Services is on schedule for a start date of January 1, 2012.  Leaders from all entities have been meeting regularly since November, and the contract was formally signed on Dec. 15th.  

Dean Hahn said, "UNE is an expert in healthcare education, and SMMC is an expert in the delivery and management of healthcare.  We are excited about this partnership that will expand and enhance services and benefit the community and our medical students."

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.