Started in Portland in 2006 by two doctors, ZoomCare recently opened its eighth Portland clinic and has plans to continue expanding.
Started in Portland in 2006 by two doctors, ZoomCare recently opened its eighth Portland clinic and has plans to continue expanding.
“We see a clinic on every corner in every great neighborhood in this city,” says co-owner Dr. Dave Sanders. Down the road, he says, ZoomCare will go “global.”
Sanders and his partner, Dr. Albert DiPiero, tried to reform health care with a ballot measure. Now, they say, they are remaking health care from the bottom up. They run the fastest-growing chain of clinics in Portland, stressing low overhead and neighborhood access to make it easier for the uninsured — those with cash, at least — to get prompt care.
The chain has won many fans thanks to its customer-service focus, fixed-rate care and on-time appointments. But the firm has also drawn criticism over its denial of Medicaid and Medicare programs for low-income people and sparked complaints to the state from employees who say they worked long shifts without breaks.
Read more at OregonLive.com.
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