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Primary Health Inc., which sold its Treasure Valley medical clinics in mid-2005, expects its remaining business to prosper this year, CEO Elwood Kleaver says.
The Boise-based company provides health insurance to about 11,500 people, owns the majority of Idaho Physicians Network, and recently started marketing a third-party administration service.
In 2005, we were growing in every aspect of our business, including providers, number of groups we have been enrolling, and viability and profitability, Kleaver said.
The company operates from offices in Washington Group Plaza in downtown Boise, and also maintains an office in Idaho Falls.
We are contemplating expansion into other areas in 2006, Kleaver said. The company hasn't identified locations, but plans up to two new offices with five to 10 employees each.
It will give us an opportunity to better support our provider network, and also will give us exposure or opportunity with more brokers and employers in those markets, he said.
Last June, Primary Health sold 13 medical clinics in the Treasure Valley to the health-care professionals that operate them. The clinics continue to do business as Primary Health Medical Group.
The sale enabled the...