Apollo Medical Holdings Gets Hospital Contract

An affiliated medical group of Apollo Medical Holdings Inc. has signed a service agreement with Garfield Medical Center in Monterey Park, the Glendale-based company announced. ApolloMed Hospitalists will provide inpatient care services to the 210-bed facility. Under the agreement, the medical group’s hospitalist services will support the hospital’s new contract with Los Angeles County + USC Healthcare Network and will also be responsible for developing a specialist call panel for patients associated with the contract. “We are very excited that ApolloMed has become Garfield Medical Center’s partner in providing inpatient hospital services to those most in need—patients transferred in from Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center,” said Philip A. Cohen, executive vice president of AHMC Healthcare and CEO of Garfield Medical Center. This marks ApolloMed’s third contract with AHMC Healthcare, which owns Garfield Medical Center. The medical group currently provides hospitalist services at Greater El Monte Community Hospital and Monterey Park Hospital. Dr. Warren Hosseinion, CEO of Apollo Medical Holdings, said it is an honor to also be selected by Garfield Medical Center. “This agreement represents and expansion of our hospitalist services at the facility and will be supported by our existing medical staff,” Hosseinion said. Jessica Vernabe