The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 9, 2000 3 ] Medical care ® from page 1) by k other services, alsoremainsopen. ner and a physician's assistant. Wyoming Valley Health Care Individual offices were closed In System opened the modern 35,000 when the doctors moved to the K- square foot Back Mountain Medi- new site July 31. cal Center indJune, 1995, dedicat- Intermountain Medical Group, n ing the facility to Dr. Jacobs. The which replaces Associated Physi- n doctors and lab occupy the first cians, now operates 18 sites in 2 floor, and the second floor con- Luzerne County, with 35 physi- tains meeting rooms that could be -@ @ for community medical edu- J- cation programs, Schilling said. ‘although there is no firm plan for cians. Mark Stevens, spokesper- son for the group, said that will grow to 50 by the end of the year as both WVHCS and Mercy con- el] the space at this time. tinue to end physician employ- ot Across town, Intermountain ment. n Medical Group is settling in to The medical offices are man- new 8,500 square foot quartersin aged by a parent organization, Tr the Twin Stacks Center. The office Intermountain Health Group, 'S consolidates six doctors into a which takes care of administra- single site offering primary care, lab services and x-ray equipment. “® @ : addition, physical therapy and ’ rehabilitation services are pro- vided in coordination with Shapes tive functions. “It's a big change in culture to move from employment to entrepreneurial structure,” said Stevens, and the umbrella orga- nization takes much of the pres- k gym, which is in the same com- sure off. - plex, in a joint venture with Mercy Both Dallas Family Practice and Health System. Intermountain Medical Group will 0 The doctors are: Alan Boonin, continue relationships with area Mark Puffenberger, John Carey, John Tomedi, Maas and Nothstein. The practice also in- cludes a certified nurse practitio- hospitals, and will accept most health insurance plans, Medicare and Medicaid. Intermountain Medical Group has opened a new consolidated office in the Twin Stacks Center. Dallas Family Practice continues in the Back Mountain Medical Center, off Upper Demunds Rd. How the ball bounces Dozens of eager young competitors turned out for the annual Dallas rec center ping pong tournament last week. Among the competitors, who played opponents of similar ages, Katherine O'Brien, above left, and Bethany Mulhern, above right, Brendan Delaney, left. At right, Kyle Gallagher, left, and Abby Mulhern kept an eye on a match, wondering who they Tell our advertisers you saw them in The Dallas Post. They'll appreciate it, and so will we. Bowl would play next. 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