Carris Health entered into a professional services agreement with Willmar, Minn.-based Family Practice Medical Center, the West Central Tribune reports.
What you should know:
1. FPMC physicians will continue to see patients in their Willmar office.
2. Carris, an affiliate of St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare Health, transitioned all FPMC's non-physician employees to its central office.
3. The two entities issued a joint statement, "Through this affiliation, we will continue to work together to care for our communities in the best way possible. We realize that by working together we can combine our individual knowledge and expertise to develop innovative solutions to provide the quality care people need at all stages of life."