# MultiCare Health System

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'''MultiCare Health System''' is a not-for-profit American health care organization based in [Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington). Founded in 1882, MultiCare provides health care services at dozens of locations, including eight hospitals, across Washington state.

The system also operates Indigo Urgent Care, a chain of [urgent care center](/source/urgent_care_center)s in Washington that debuted in 2016. In 2022, Indigo Urgent Care expanded its brand to include primary care, under the new name, Indigo Health.<ref name="TNT-Immediate">{{cite news |last=Sailor |first=Craig |date=September 28, 2016 |title=MultiCare adds Seattle-based urgent care chain to its system |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article104751186.html |work=[The News Tribune](/source/The_News_Tribune) |accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>

In 2024, MultiCare merged with [Overlake Medical Center](/source/Overlake_Hospital_Medical_Center) in Bellevue.<ref>{{cite news |last=Takahama |first=Elise |date=May 25, 2024 |title=Overlake Medical Center to join MultiCare Health System |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/overlake-medical-center-to-join-multicare-health-system/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525204450/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/overlake-medical-center-to-join-multicare-health-system/ |archive-date=2024-05-25 |accessdate=May 25, 2024 |work=[The Seattle Times](/source/The_Seattle_Times)}}</ref>

In 2025, MultiCare announced its intention to acquire Oregon-based hospital chain [Samaritan Health Services](/source/Samaritan_Health_Services).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Southwick |first=Ron |date=2025-10-24 |title=MultiCare plans acquisition of Oregon hospital system |url=https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/multicare-plans-acquisition-of-oregon-hospital-system |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251027172417/https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/multicare-plans-acquisition-of-oregon-hospital-system |archive-date=2025-10-27 |access-date=2025-10-27 |website=Chief Healthcare Executive |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2026, MultiCare agreed to pay a $3.7 million settlement over allegations that it "knowingly permitted and billed procedures conducted by a neurosurgeon under investigation for fraudulent, medically unnecessary care." <ref>{{Cite web |last=Muoio |first=Dave |date=2026-02-06 |title=MultiCare pays $3.7M to settle unnecessary surgery allegations |url=https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/multicare-agrees-37m-settlement-over-allegations-it-knowingly-allowed-unnecessary |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=www.fiercehealthcare.com |language=en}}</ref>

== MultiCare Indigo Health ==

MultiCare Indigo Health is a chain of [urgent care center](/source/urgent_care_center)s and [telehealth](/source/telehealth) services provided by MultiCare in the [Seattle metropolitan area](/source/Seattle_metropolitan_area) and [Spokane metropolitan area](/source/Spokane_metropolitan_area) (including [Coeur d'Alene, Idaho](/source/Coeur_d'Alene%2C_Idaho)). It includes 44 clinics and debuted in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cockrell |first=Debbie |date=March 30, 2023 |title=MultiCare to close longstanding Tacoma urgent care clinic. Here's what will replace it |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article273772795.html |work=The News Tribune |accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cockrell |first=Debbie |date=October 8, 2023 |title=Local urgent-care workers ratify a new contract, avoid a strike. Here are the details |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article280223479.html |work=The News Tribune |accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>

==Hospitals==
* [Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center](/source/Mary_Bridge_Children's_Hospital_and_Health_Center)
* [MultiCare Allenmore Hospital](/source/Allenmore_Hospital)
* [MultiCare Auburn Medical](/source/Auburn_Medical_Center)
* [MultiCare Capital Medical Center](/source/Capital_Medical_Center)
* [MultiCare Covington Medical Center](/source/Covington_Medical_Center)
* [MultiCare Deaconess Hospital](/source/MultiCare_Deaconess_Hospital)
* [MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital](/source/Good_Samaritan_Hospital_(Puyallup%2C_Washington))
* * [Overlake Hospital Medical Center](/source/Overlake_Hospital_Medical_Center) (Bellevue)<ref>{{cite news |last=Takahama |first=Elise |date=May 25, 2024 |title=Overlake Medical Center to join MultiCare Health System |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/overlake-medical-center-to-join-multicare-health-system/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>
* [MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital](/source/Tacoma_General_Hospital)
* Multicare Valley Hospital 
* [MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital](/source/Yakima_Valley_Memorial_Hospital)<ref>{{cite news |last=Cockrell |first=Debbie |date=October 22, 2022 |title=MultiCare growing with addition of central WA hospital; deal set to close in early '23 |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article267682922.html |work=The News Tribune |accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>
* [Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital](/source/Wellfound_Behavioral_Health_Hospital)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.multicare.org}}

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