Los-Angeles based UCLA Health System has signed a letter of intent to take over six outpatient clinics belonging to the Motion Picture and Television Fund, a charity that provides services for workers in the entertainment industry.
Under the pending agreement, UCLA would assume the leases for the health centers, and the 43 primary care physicians who staff them would join the UCLA Faculty Practice Group.
MPTF will continue to operate its other healthcare offerings solely, such as its residential care center, long-term care unit, memory impairment unit and social services programs, according to the release.
MPTF and UCLA plan to integrate their operations in late spring 2014 after completing a definitive agreement.
"UCLA recognizes its obligation to help provide the highest quality patient care to residents throughout Los Angeles County, and affiliating with MPTF, which has a long history of community-based, skilled patient care, is a significant step toward helping us achieve that goal," David Feinberg, MD, president of the UCLA Health System and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System, said in the release.
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