ROHNERT PARK, CA—As GlobeSt.com just previously reported, San Ramon, CA-based Meridian Property Co. has just welcomed its newest tenant, Petaluma Health Center to the medical office building at 5900 State Farm Dr. The company will occupy the entire second floor, or 34,813 square feet. Meridian COO, John Pollock previously told GlobeSt.com that it is “a great example of a provider taking advantage of a larger contiguous space to establish a patient-centered medical home that is close to their patients, which will foster a collaborative approach to the delivery of care, resulting in better outcomes and greater patient satisfaction.”

In an update to that article, Pollock tells GlobeSt.com that “We have come a long way from the days of Marcus Welby medicine and those changes are going to continue at an unprecedented pace with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, changing technology, the rise of consumer awareness, and the need to move toward a value-based reimbursement model.”

Those changes, Pollock says, are having a profound effect on the physical space where healthcare is being delivered. “Meridian continues to seek out buildings that can meet the needs of this changing delivery model with an eye on buildings that provider larger contiguous space,” he explains.