Northwest Pediatrics

What Northwest Pediatrics does

Northwest Pediatrics is a pediatric care clinic operating as an integrated division of Northwest Specialty Hospital, a physician-owned multi-specialty hospital system headquartered in Post Falls, Idaho, with a network of 22+ specialties and clinic locations across Kootenai County (Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum, Athol, and Lakeland). Founded in 2022 per firmographic data, the practice delivers well-child visits following age-based pediatric protocols (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months for infants; twice yearly for ages 1-2; annually for ages 3+), sick-visit care for acute pediatric conditions, immunizations, sports physicals, and back-to-school health services, alongside ancillary support for asthma management, allergies, and pediatric mental health. The clinic serves pediatric patients from newborns through young adults in the North Idaho / Inland Northwest region.

The underlying technology consists of standard clinical-care protocols, age-based well-child visit schedules, immunization tracking, and diagnostic assessment tools for common childhood illnesses, without proprietary platforms, AI/ML systems, or consumer-facing applications. The practice operates under professional-services fee-for-service billing, accepts insurance, and inherits the parent hospital's CMS Hospital Price Transparency compliance infrastructure, including a 300-service shoppable services list and machine-readable pricing files.

Northwest Pediatrics generates revenue through pediatric service delivery within the parent hospital's care network, relying on the broader Northwest Specialty Hospital brand (ranked in the top 10% of US hospitals for patient experience), Best of North Idaho award recognition, Joint Commission accreditation, and CMS five-star ratings to drive patient acquisition. Go-to-market is primarily regional, executed through the hospital's website, educational blog content, local awards, and multi-channel organic social presence, with patient access via scheduled phone appointments and walk-in sick visits at distributed clinic locations.

Name

Northwest Pediatrics

Legal name

Northwest Pediatrics

Website

https://nwsh.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Northwest Pediatrics is a regional pediatric clinic within Northwest Specialty Hospital's network, providing well-child visits, sick visits, immunizations, and sports physicals for newborns through young adults across North Idaho's Kootenai County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Primary Care

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pediatric Urgent Care & After-Hours Clinics (HLAFAJAI)

Keywords

• Pediatric primary care
• Well-child visits
• Childhood immunizations
• Sick visit care
• Sports physicals

Headquarters

HQ city

Coeur d'Alene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Northwest Pediatrics generates revenue through providing pediatric medical services including well-child visits, sick visits, immunizations, sports physicals, and other pediatric healthcare services. The practice accepts insurance and serves patients from newborns through young adults in the North Idaho region.
2. Facility and Professional Services Billing: Healthcare billing includes standard charges for services provided, with separate billing for hospital facility fees and physician/professional service costs (surgeon, anesthesiologist, radiologist, etc.). Shoppable services and machine-readable pricing files are publicly available per CMS regulations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Northwest Pediatrics provides pediatric primary care services including age-based well-child visits, sick visits for acute illnesses, immunizations, and sports physicals for patients from newborns through young adults. The practice operates as part of the physician-owned Northwest Specialty Hospital network, which offers more than 22 specialty services across multiple locations in North Idaho.

Product overview

Northwest Pediatrics is a division of Northwest Specialty Hospital providing pediatric healthcare services. The hospital system operates as a multi-specialty healthcare network offering 22+ services across multiple locations in Kootenai County including Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum, and Athol. The integrated care model includes primary care (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine), specialty services (Pediatrics, Women's Care, Pulmonology), surgical specialties (Bariatrics, Spine Surgery, Orthopedics), diagnostic imaging (MRI, Mammography, CT), and supportive services (Physical Therapy, Nutrition Counseling, Sleep Medicine). The hospital is physician-owned and operated, emphasizing a patients-first culture with advanced robotic technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Northwest Pediatrics Pediatric primary care services providing well-child visits, sick visits, immunizations, sports physicals, and back-to-school health services for newborns, toddlers, children, teens, and young adults.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recognized as Best Pediatric Office by The Business Journal of North Idaho

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Surgery PartnerscoreOthersNorthwest Specialty Hospital, which operates Northwest Pediatrics, is owned and operated by physicians and appears to be affiliated with Surgery Partners, as evidenced by the employee portal link pointing to surgerypartners.sharepoint.com.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): National leader in pediatric healthcare delivery and pediatric primary care innovation. Comparable as a benchmark pediatric care organization setting standards for pediatric patient experience, immunization protocols, and well-child visit frameworks that Northwest Pediatrics also follows.
• Seattle Children's Hospital: Major academic pediatric health system serving the broader Pacific Northwest, including complex pediatric specialty care. While not a direct competitor for routine pediatrics, it represents the destination for complex pediatric cases from the Inland Northwest and sets clinical quality benchmarks.
• UnitedHealth Group / Optum (Pediatric care arm): Large managed care and care delivery organization operating pediatric primary care through Optum. Relevant as a potential payer competitor, employer-of-record for pediatricians, and as a strategic acquirer in the pediatric care market.

Regional players

• Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital: Children's hospital in Spokane, Washington — the nearest tertiary pediatric center to North Idaho. Competes for complex pediatric cases from the Inland Northwest region and serves as an alternative referral destination for patients in Northwest Pediatrics' catchment area.
• St. Luke's Children's (Idaho): Pediatric care arm of St. Luke's Health System, the largest health system in Idaho. Operates pediatric primary and specialty care across southern and central Idaho, competing for regional pediatric patient referrals and serving as a potential destination for complex pediatric cases from North Idaho.

Direct peers

• Kootenai Health: The dominant regional health system in Coeur d'Alene / Kootenai County, Idaho, operating a hospital and pediatric service line directly competing with Northwest Pediatrics for pediatric patients in the same geographic market. Both serve as primary entry points for pediatric care in the region.
• Primary Health Medical Group: Multi-specialty physician group in Boise, Idaho offering pediatric primary care, urgent care, and family medicine. Comparable business model as a physician-owned multi-specialty group with pediatric service lines, though operating in a different Idaho geography.
• CentraCare: Regional multi-specialty health system in the upper Midwest operating pediatric clinics, urgent care, and family medicine in community settings. Comparable as a physician-affiliated regional health system with similar scope of pediatric primary and specialty services.

Others

• Surgery Partners (parent network affiliation): Specialty surgical hospital operator that appears affiliated with Northwest Specialty Hospital (parent of Northwest Pediatrics). Relevant as the parent operating company ecosystem and as a model for multi-specialty physician-owned facility networks.

Emerging players

• Pediatrics Plus: Pediatric primary care group operating in similar mid-sized markets. Comparable in scale to Northwest Pediatrics as a focused pediatric practice providing well-child visits, sick visits, and chronic disease management in a community-based setting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/NWSpecialtyHospital/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/northwestspecialtyhospital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northwest-pediatrics
• Instagraminstagram.com/northwest.specialtyhospital

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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