New Mexico-based Presbyterian Health Services plans to outsource its physician recruitment for its Santa Fe location to Sound Physicians, a private equity-backed staffing firm, the Albuquerque Journal reported Jan. 11.
The partnership is set to begin Feb. 1, according to the report. Sound Physicians will be responsible for staffing and billing customers for Presbyterian's 36-bed hospital in Santa Fe. Sound Physicians has already partnered with Presbyterian's Rust Medical Center in Rio Rancho and Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis.
The Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center is one of nine hospitals in New Mexico operated by Presbyterian Health Services, the state's largest health system, and has been in operation for four years, according to the report.