History
1996
•May -- Management Services Organization (Physicians's Resource Network ("PRN")) is formed, and the Physicians create a steering committee.
•December -- First PRN General Membership Meeting is held and operating agreements are signed.
1997
•February -- A Management Services Agreement is signed.
•September -- PRN buys into ownership of the BayCare Surgery Center.
•November -- Initial Provider Services Agreements are signed with health insurers.
1998
•March -- PRN changes its name to BayCare Health Systems, LLC.
•September -- Jeff Mason named CEO.
•October -- Construction begins on BayCare Surgery Center-East.
•November -- Confidential Letter of Intent signed with Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee, WI) to begin discussions on building a tertiary care hospital.
1999
•February -- All physician practices participating in the Management Services Organization take the next step towards consolidation, and form BayCare Clinic. They begin practicing as a fully integrated group practice.
•July -- BayCare Surgery Center-East opens for business.
•October -- BayCare Clinic and Aurora Medical Group agree to build new tertiary care hospital.
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 65 physicians and 6 extenders total.
2000
•February--Aurora Health Care and BayCare Clinic announce the construction of a new hospital in the Green Bay I-43 Business Park.
•March --Hospital construction begins.
•May -- Aurora Health Care buys 40 percent of the BayCare Ambulatory Surgery Centers and financing for the new hospital is completed.
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 62 physicians and 5 extenders total.
2001
•January --BayCare recruits 15 new physicians in preparation of the hospital opening.
•May -- Fifteen physician practice sites prepare to relocate to the Physician Office Building on the campus of Aurora BayCare Medical Center.
•September--An open house welcomes 18,000 visitors to the newly-completed facility. The hospital opens its doors for business on Monday, September 25, 2001 at 6pm.
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 69 physicians and 13 extenders total.
2002
•February--Central Business Office moved from Ridge Road to Broadway site.
•November--Aurora BayCare Health Center (West Campus) opens for business, and the Green Bay Eye Clinic (Ophthalmology Department of BayCare Clinic) moved from Monroe location into the West Campus on Mason Street.
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 73 physicians and 18 extenders total.
2003
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 76 physicians and 27 extenders total.
2004
•September--
CBO (building at 164 N. Broadway) purchase is closed.
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 88 physicians and 30 extenders total.
2005
•November--Two Rivers Physician Office Building opens.
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 92 physicians and 36 extenders total.
2006
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 92 physicians and 40 extenders total.
2007
•December--BayCare Clinic is comprised of 93 physicians and 43 extenders total.
