Keck Medicine of USC, Methodist Hospital of Southern California Exploring Affiliation to Expand Access to Care

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ARCADIA, Calif. – Officials with Keck Medicine of USC and USC Arcadia Hospital of Southern California announced Wednesday that the organizations are exploring an affiliation to expand access to care and enhance the health of residents in the San Gabriel Valley. The affiliation would bring USC Arcadia Hospital into the Keck Medicine clinical enterprise, creating new opportunities for service growth and investment in the Arcadia community and across the region.

“USC Arcadia Hospital has a longstanding history of providing excellent care in the San Gabriel Valley and has the potential to be a strong partner as we work together to expand services and create easier access to primary and complex care for the people we serve,” said Rodney Hanners, interim CEO for Keck Medicine of USC. “This affiliation would not only complement our current satellite in Arcadia, but also provide opportunities to elevate our entire network that we are excited to explore further."

The two organizations have signed a letter of intent and are entering a period of due diligence to fully explore details of the affiliation. In the coming months, executives at both organizations will be actively engaged in meaningful conversations with Keck Medicine clinical faculty, physician leaders at USC Arcadia Hospital, and other key stakeholders throughout the region to finalize terms of a binding agreement.

“Hospitals like ours are focused on how we can best deliver patient-centered care in a constantly evolving environment,” said Dan Ausman, President and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital. “USC Arcadia Hospital has been a trusted provider of healthcare to generations of patients, and we are very proud of our legacy. This affiliation represents an opportunity to ensure that our hospital remains well-positioned to meet the health care needs of generations to come. It would enable our physicians to care for their patients as they always have, with expanded access to the USC network of care teams, clinical services and outpatient facilities throughout the San Gabriel Valley.”

Each organization would enter the affiliation from a position of strength, leaders said. Both are operationally prudent and clinically advanced and offer complementary attributes that would be expanded upon for the benefit of patients, employees and physicians.

About USC Arcadia Hospital

Founded in 1903, USC Arcadia Hospital is a full-service community hospital with 348 licensed beds. The hospital offers advanced cardiovascular services including cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, and open-heart surgery. Los Angeles County has designated USC Arcadia Hospital as both a heart attack and stroke receiving center as well an Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics. The hospital also offers a variety of services in orthopedics, neurosurgery, obstetrics, and many other medical specialties. As many as 50,000 patients are treated annually in the Emergency Department, while the hospital staff delivers more than 1,800 babies annually and typically has more than 16,000 patient admissions each year.

About Keck Medicine of USC

Keck Medicine of USC is one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. Its internationally renowned physicians and scientists provide world-class patient care at Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and more than 80 outpatient clinics in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare and Ventura counties.

Keck Medical Center was ranked among the top 20 hospitals nationwide on U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 Best Hospitals Honor Roll and among the top 3 hospitals in Los Angeles and top 5 in California.

Media Contact

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