MultiCare Medical Associates (MMA)
Founded in 1994, MultiCare Medical Associates, a provider-governed multi-specialty group, has grown to more than 400 providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and psychologists.
MultiCare Medical Associates is a wholly owned medical group employed by MultiCare and organized in division. MMA has significant power to advise MultiCare on compensation and benefits, direct clinical quality and peer review for the outpatient practices as well as support inpatient quality initiatives. It is managed through a committee structure including an Executive Committee, Compensation Committee, Clinical Quality Committee and regional Professional Activities Committees that conduct peer reviews. MMA has successfully managed balancing the needs of its physicians while also supporting the system in a way that has enabled both to thrive.
For more information about practice opportunities with MultiCare Medical Associates, please contact
Provider Services at info@blazenewtrails.org or call
800-621-0301. Practice Opportunities.
Physician members of MultiCare Medical Associates are all board certified or board eligible in their respective specialties and have been selected through an intensive interview process by members of the medical group to assure that new members share the same patient care philosophies.
Applicants must also be board certified or board eligible and become board certified
within two board testing cycles, hold unrestricted Washington State Medical and Drug
Enforcement Agency licenses and must be able to obtain hospital and/or clinical
privileges as required by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Organizations.
Practice Opportunities.
Advanced registered nurse practitioners are valued members of the health care team at MultiCare Medical Associates. As independently licensed practitioners, they have their own patient panels and enjoy a diverse range of practice opportunities including clinical practice, urgent care and retail clinics. Opportunities from primary care to specialties such as orthopedics, oncology and cardiology provide opportunity to blaze new trails in the area that fits your interests.
Applicants must have unrestricted Washington State Medical and Drug Enforcement Agency
licenses and must be able to obtain hospital and/or clinical privileges as required by
the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Organizations.
Practice Opportunities.
Physician assistants are valued members of the health care team at MultiCare Medical Associates. They enjoy a diverse range of practice opportunities including clinical practice and urgent care. Opportunities from primary care to specialties such as orthopedics, oncology and cardiology provide opportunity to blaze new trails in the area the fits your interests.
Applicants must have an unrestricted Washington State Medical license and must
be able to obtain hospital and/or clinical privileges as required by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Organizations.
Practice Opportunities.
Psychologists are valued members of MultiCare Medical Associates health care team at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center. Practicing team medicine in a setting dedicated to the mental and physical well being of children, our psychologists work closely with pediatric sub-specialists and nursing to provide the best care models for both patients and their families.
Applicants must be PhD prepared, hold an unrestricted Washington State Medical
license and must be able to obtain hospital and/or clinical privileges as required
by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Organizations. Practice Opportunities.
Adult Multi-Specialty Division
Comprised of adult sub-specialists, including orthopedics, cardiothoracic surgery,
hematology oncology and radiation oncology, as well as other specialists, this group
augments the many community specialty practices to ensure that specialty care is
available to you and your patients for consultation, referrals and any necessary
procedures. Inpatient care is provided at any one of our four
hospitals and/or on an outpatient basis
at one of our multi-specialty outpatient locations.
Pediatric Multi-Specialty Division
These pediatric sub-specialists are the core of Mary Bridge
Children's Hospital & Health Center . Cardiothoracic surgery, gastroenterology,
general surgery and many other pediatric specialties provide comprehensive care to children in a community setting.
MultiCare Medical Group
Outpatient clinics bring primary care and specialists to communities and neighborhoods within
MultiCare's primary service areas. Urgent care clinics
are co-located with many of the clinical practices and provide care for walk-in patients primarily
after hours and on weekends. Our new retail clinics
in Rite-Aid pharmacies make it even more convenient for patients to secure routine blood pressure checks,
immunizations or treatment for minor ailments.
Tacoma Family Medicine Residency & Fellowship
Affiliated with the
University of Washington
School of Medicine,
Tacoma Family Medicine is a
leader in full-care family practice medicine, including obstetrics, and in
preparing physicians to work in underserved rural and urban areas.
Foot & Ankle Residency
Experienced attending community podiatric physicians supervise residents in this three-year program. Residents learn about patient care by working in clinics where they evaluate patients for everything from diabetic care, sports medicine issues, posture issues, minor or major foot surgery and even lower extremity vascular problems. They also assist with surgeries and progress through various medical and surgical rotation specialties.