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St. Elizabeth Healthcare enters into co-management agreement with Cincinnati-based Urology Group


The Urology Group and St. Elizabeth Physicians have entered into a partnership to enhance the level of services provided to patients with urologic conditions in Northern Kentucky.

The Urology Group is one of the largest single specialty groups of urologists in the United States, with 38 physicians on staff.

Walz

Walz

“This style of co-management agreement allows us to provide a valued service to the health system while growing as independent physicians,” said Earl Walz, CEO of The Urology Group. “Strategic relationships and partnerships such as this benefit everyone involved including, most importantly, the patients.”

The Urology Group provides medical and surgical care for all diseases of the urinary tract in men and women and the genital tract of men. It is headquartered in Cincinnati, with a 55,000square foot advanced care facility.

The group includes practices extending from Northern Kentucky to Middletown, Ohio, and from Southeastern Indiana to Adams County, Ohio.

Through this relationship, the physicians of The Urology Group and St. Elizabeth Physicians will be actively involved in the management and provision of urologic services at St. Elizabeth Healthcare.

Prichard

Prichard

Dr. Robert Prichard, St. Elizabeth Healthcare Chief Clinical Integration Officer, said the organization believes that it is essential to engage physicians in operational and quality leadership. The agreement is designed to help St. Elizabeth achieve its goals of improving the patient experience through enhanced quality and satisfaction, improving the health of the population it serves, and reducing costs.

“St. Elizabeth is proud to partner with these two outstanding groups of physicians to achieve St. Elizabeth’s overall vision of making Northern Kentucky one of the healthiest communities in America,” Prichard said.

For more information on The Urology Group, click here .

St. Elizabeth Healthcare operates six major facilities throughout Northern Kentucky and more than 115 primary care and specialty office locations in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. St.

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