Saint Alphonsus Health System, a nonprofit health system located in Boise, Idaho, recently purchased three facilities from Saltzer Health, a physician group based in Nampa. This decision came after Saltzer Health was closed on March 29 by Intermountain Health based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The facilities that were sold include two urgent care centers in South Nampa and Meridian, Idaho, as well as an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) in Meridian. The urgent care centers were closed on March 29 but are set to reopen in May once Saint Alphonsus installs IT equipment and an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. The ASC has been operating “uninterrupted” under Saint Alphonsus’ ownership.
Saltzer Health had previously filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice on January 22 for its Meridian surgery center, indicating 216 layoffs. Saint Alphonsus has expressed intentions to employ all colleagues from the ambulatory surgery unit who remain in good standing and pass the pre-employment screening process.
Intermountain Medical Imaging, based in Meridian, also purchased Saltzer Health Imaging located at Ten Mile Clinic. The imaging center is scheduled to reopen in the week of April 8. Intermountain Medical Imaging and Intermountain Health are separate entities, and the former is offering jobs to multiple Saltzer Health imaging center employees with plans to offer more in the future.
