About Us
Who We Are
Confluence Health is the major medical provider for North Central Washington — an integrated healthcare delivery system serving communities across Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan counties. With two hospitals, more than 40 medical specialties, and over 400 providers, we deliver comprehensive care across the full continuum, from primary and preventive care to complex specialty treatment. As the region’s primary health system, we hold ourselves to the standard our communities deserve: advanced, coordinated, expert care, delivered close to home.
Meeting that standard takes sustained investment, and we make it deliberately. We invest in our organization through the technology, facilities, and clinical programs that expand what’s possible here. We invest in our people through recruitment, training, and a culture that helps care teams do their best work and build lasting careers in the region. And we invest in our community through partnerships, local programs, and the everyday involvement of the providers and staff who live and work alongside the patients they serve.
We’re proud to call this region home — a place of open skies, snow-capped mountains, and the lakes, rivers, and orchards of the high desert. Our roots run deep in these communities, and our mission reflects them: local care by and for our community. For the people of North Central Washington, we are not one option among many — we are a partner in their health, accountable to the trust they place in us and committed to earning it every day.
Our Mission and Vision
Local care by and for our community.
At Confluence Health, our mission is to provide local care by and for our community. In support of this mission, we have established a vision of serving our community with compassionate care through our dedication to enabling joy and pride in our work, focusing on local sustainability, ensuring access for all, and committing to excellent care and service
Confluence Health requires that all utilization-related decisions regarding member services be based on appropriateness of care and service. Financial rewards or incentives must not influence any utilization decision. No rewards or incentives are issued by Confluence Health that may discourage appropriate care and services to its patients/members. Under-utilization is to be avoided whenever possible.
We do not reward practitioners, providers or employees for issuing denials of coverage or service. All denials must be based strictly on insufficient medical appropriateness or uncovered benefits.
The Central Campus of Confluence Health Hospital has its origins in the early 1900s with the establishment of Central Washington Deaconess Hospital and St. Anthony’s Hospital. These two organizations merged in 1974 to form Central Washington Health Services Association. The St. Anthony’s facility was renamed Rosewood Hospital, and operations were consolidated at the remodeled and expanded Rosewood Hospital site, now known as Central Washington Hospital.
In 1940, Dr. L.M. Mares, Dr. A.G. Haug, and Dr. L.S. Smith founded the Wenatchee Valley Clinic, emphasizing the importance of providing patients with easy access to various specialists under one roof.
In July 2013 the two organizations affiliated and became Confluence Health. We serve 4-counties in North Central Washington by providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. We are committed and honored to serve our patients and our many communities.
Affiliations*
Confluence Health values the partnerships we build with other organizations and programs. We have the honor of affiliating with the University of Washington.
*Although Confluence Health has partnered with WWAMI and the University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center on these programs for collaboration and support, Confluence Health does not conduct any business in King County.
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