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Outpatient therapy returns to Samaritan
It’s everything you’ve
been looking for: exceptional
physical therapy, advanced tech-
nology and a team of specialists,
all in one place.
Samaritan Healthcare is pleased
to again offer outpatient physical
therapy services, in addition to our
current inpatient services.
Samaritan Physical Therapy, in
Suite 102 of the Samaritan Profes-
sional Building on the Samaritan
Hospital campus, will offer a wide
range of treatment options in one
location, while providing patients
and families with comfort and
convenience.
Among the services that will
be offered are treatment of back
pain, neck pain, extremity pain and
musculoskeletal injuries as well as
total joint replacement therapy and
neurological rehabilitation.
Samaritan Physical Therapy will open its doors Mon-
day, June 25, with a team that includes two full-time physi-
cal therapists and a receptionist and brings more than 35
years of combined experience to the Columbia Basin. The
office will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. A physician’s referral is required.
“We are excited about the return of our outpatient
services,” says Eric Olson, PT, director of physical therapy
at Samaritan. “We will have the ability to provide a new
continuity of care. This opens avenues for patients to have
consistency throughout their treatment. This will include
presurgical screening, postsurgical inpatient care and
outpatient physical therapy.”
The department will be led by Olson, who earned
a master’s degree in physical therapy from Eastern
Washington University and is credentialed in me-
chanical diagnosis and therapy of the spine by the
McKenzie Institute.
He will be joined by Janice Liechty, PT, who earned a
bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the University
of Puget Sound in Tacoma.
“This presents a great opportunity to fill a void in
the community,” says Olson. “Our community has been
without hospital-based outpatient physical therapy
services since 2004. This type of service allows some
different benefits for Medicare patients, such as no
yearly cap on therapy benefits.
“We are able to bring together comprehensive,
high-quality care—all in one place and close to home,”
he says. “We will be able to quickly and expertly coor-
dinate a patient’s care in a single visit. We know our
patients will appreciate the convenience and ease of
access, not to mention the cutting-edge treatments
we offer.”
To learn more about Samaritan Healthcare’s outpatient
physical therapy services, call Samaritan Hospital at
765-5606
and ask for outpatient physical therapy.
Kevin Dustin leads Samaritan Clinic
Samaritan Healthcare
is proud to introduce Kevin
Dustin, MBA, as the new admin-
istrator for Samaritan Clinic.
He succeeds Vicky Brown, who
retired in January.
Dustin was hired in January by
Medical Management Inc., a com-
pany hired to manage Samaritan
Clinic. He started work March 5.
As clinic administrator, Dustin
is responsible for the daily opera-
tion of the clinic, including budgeting, staffing, physician
management and, most importantly, ensuring quality care
and patient safety and satisfaction.
Dustin earned a degree in health care administration
from Idaho State University in Pocatello, and a master’s
degree in business administration with emphasis on
health care administration, from the University of Colo-
rado at Denver.
Dustin has worked in health care for 12 years and
comes to Samaritan from the University of Utah School
of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, in Salt
Lake City, where he was an associate director in the gas-
troenterology division.
“I’m looking forward to this opportunity to work with
the Samaritan providers in Moses Lake,” Dustin says. “It’s
my hope to expand the great services the clinic already
provides and to continue to recruit new physicians into
the community.”
“We are pleased to welcome Kevin, as clinic administra-
tor, to our Samaritan family,” says Andrew Bair, Samaritan
Healthcare CEO. “Kevin brings a wealth of health care
experience and leadership skills to the position and will
be a wonderful addition to our clinic.”
Samaritan Clinic has been a part of the Samaritan
Healthcare system since 1994. The clinic employs eight
physicians, five physician assistants, and two advanced
registered nurse practitioners, along with a full staff of
nurses; medical assistants; and laboratory, imaging and
support personnel.
Why Moses Lake? “My goal was to find a smaller,
family-oriented community in which to raise my fam-
ily and one that would allow for professional growth for
me within the health care industry,” Dustin says. “Moses
Lake is a perfect fit. I look forward to being a part of this
growing community and being able to help provide qual-
ity health care to the residents of the Columbia Basin.”
Dustin and his wife have five children. His family re-
mains in Utah, but will move here when the school year
ends in June.
Kevin Dustin,
Samaritan Clinic
administrator
Janice Liechty, PT
Eric Olson, PT,
director, Samaritan
Physical Therapy
Department
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