SEATTLE – Bend Memorial Clinic (BMC) has joined the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Network to become its tenth affiliate in the greater Northwest. The affiliation will expand local access to cancer treatment options and help foster advances in cancer care.
Bend Memorial Clinic includes more than 120 providers representing 30 specialties including urgent care, primary care, specialty care, imaging and clinical services. With five locations BMC is the largest multi-specialty group in Central Oregon and provides quality, convenient healthcare known as TotalCareTM. The Clinic has provided primary and specialty care since 1946.
“We are honored that SCCA, one of the most highly respected academic cancer centers in the country, has invited Bend Memorial Clinic to become part of its network,” said Dr. Bill Schmidt, Oncologist at Bend Memorial Clinic. “This affiliation will greatly benefit both our clinical research and clinical cancer care programs and will provide a direct link to some of the most highly respected cancer clinicians in the country, allowing us to offer world-class cancer care to our patients.”
By joining the SCCA Network, Bend Memorial Clinic oncologists can now offer their patients access to additional treatment options via select SCCA clinical studies without having to send their patients to Seattle. The SCCA Network provides a structured program for supporting community-based oncology services, such as continuing medical education and arranging for local patients to enroll in clinical trials managed by qualified community physicians.
“At SCCA we strive to provide all patients within the SCCA Network access to advanced clinical trials,” said Norm Hubbard, Executive Vice President of SCCA. “We are excited to partner with Bend Memorial Clinic oncologists to offer these resources to patients in the Central Oregon community.”
The new relationship doesn’t involve any changes to health plan coverage or benefits. As always, patients should talk directly with their health plan customer service center to understand coverage specifics before beginning any treatment.
Other members of the SCCA Network include Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman, Mont.; Columbia Basin Hematology and Oncology, Kennewick; Group Health Group Practice; MultiCare Regional Cancer Center, Tacoma; Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles; Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage; Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon; Tri-Cities Cancer Center, Tri-Cities; and Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, Wenatchee. SeaMar Community Health Centers also have a relationship with the SCCA Network as a community partner focused on educational activities.
For more information on the SCCA Network please visit: www.seattlecca.org/network-members. To learn more about the Bend Memorial Clinic visit: typethinkbmc.wpengine.com.
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About Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is a cancer treatment center that unites doctors from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s. Our goal, every day, is to turn cancer patients into cancer survivors. Our purpose is to lead the world in the prevention and treatment of cancer. SCCA has five clinical care sites: an outpatient clinic on the Hutchinson Center campus, a pediatric inpatient unit at Seattle Children’s, an adult inpatient unit at UW Medical Center, a medical oncology clinic at EvergreenHealth, and medical and radiation oncology clinics at UW Medicine / Northwest Hospital & Medical Center. Additionally, proton therapy services are provided at SCCA Proton Therapy, A Procure Center. For more information about SCCA, visit www.seattlecca.org.
Media Contacts:
Katie Carroll
Nyhus Communications for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
206-323-3733
SCCA@Nyhus.com
Katy Sparks
Marketing & Public Relations Manager
Bend Memorial Clinic
1501 NE Medical Center Drive
Bend, OR 97701
Direct: 541.706.6589* Please note new number
ksparks@bmctotalcare.com
