As I begin my new role as CEO at Evergreen Family Medicine , my community should know who we are, how we got here, and where we are going. During the mid-1990s, hospitals, large HMO groups, and insurance companies were forming or acquiring primary care practices to manage patient care.  Individual practices were being absorbed by these entities all over the country. In 1995, a group of local physicians had the foresight and courage to form Evergreen Family Medicine and take a