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| EvergreenHealth community-owned hospital |
ANNOUNCEMENT:
EvergreenHealth will expand the 2nd floor of the Silver Tower with levy money for access to more providers, instrumentation and more. A levy lid lift or bond won't be needed.
EvergreenHealth reached and insurance agreement with United Healthcare, retroactive to March 1, 2026.
EvergreenHealth is the largest public hospital in the State of Washington. It is community-owned and remains independent of the large hospital chains.
Dr. Etorre Palazzo is Evergreen's CEO. Here's a short clip of Etoree (1.5 min) explaining Evergreen's attributes and mission in our community. Dr. Palazzo has done much to enlarge capacity for services, including mental health treatment in primary care clinics and emergency departments.
My daughter was born at Evergreen General Hospital 33 years ago. Their maternity services are exemplary.
-- Bob Yoder, 2/20/2026, updated: 3/34/2026, 3/9/2026, 3/13/2026
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ReplyDeleteI've lived in Redmond 40 years and am saddened the ever-rising cost of healthcare is changing the landscape for us. Insurance prices increase to cover rising costs. Hospitals are "uniting" to achieve "critical mass" for negotiating power. Sadly after month-long negotiations our 400-bed hospital couldn't come to an insurance agreement! A Board member said it had something to do with "reimbursements."
ReplyDeleteI have United Healthcare insurance and was in angst about the whole thing for about 7 days. I'm so glad this over so I don't have to hunt around for substitute providers...especially the surgeon who was going to cut into my toes to relieve my pain from severe arthritis. There's absolutely know better surgeon than him for this procedure. I looked for months to find him. And it would have cost me a fortune to have this done without United HC insurance. Thanks Evergergreen for resolving this ASAP!!!
Good news!, I learned all our levy money ($255,000,000) will be spent over time to expand the second floor of the Silver Tower and Plaza Building *without* a need for another levy lid lift or bond! By vote, we let Evergreen increase our property tax "to build capacity and access" for more doctors, instrumentation, maternity services. We'll eventually be reaping the benefit.