ER management group loses contract after 30 years

GREELEY – A group of emergency room doctors that provided emergency care services at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley for almost 31 years is looking for new employment following the cancellation of their contract.

Since 1980, North Colorado Emergency Physicians P.C. has been providing emergency care in NCMC’s emergency department, growing from five personnel to 26 as the region and demands on the department grew.

But in February, NCMC notified the ER group and announced to NCMC’s medical staff that NCEP’s contract would not be renewed because NCMC had contracted with TeamHealth, a Tennessee-based, for-profit management group.

NCEP’s contract officially ended May…