Piedmont Affiliate Expands Its Reach In Urgent Care Field

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December 31st, 2019

Hospitals have moved into urgent care to prevent their insured patients from drifting away to alternative sources of care, says Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, an associate professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School, according to an April article in Managed Care magazine.

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A Piedmont Healthcare joint venture has acquired nine more urgent care centers, expanding its network to 26, with another set to open this week.

Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet has purchased Summit Urgent Care, a move that is just one sign of the explosive growth of urgent care as a convenient, walk-in choice for patients with non-life-threatening conditions. Many patients using urgent care centers don’t have immediate access to a doctor’s office and want to avoid the expense of an emergency room visit.

The acquisition of Summit brings centers in East Point, Fayetteville, Marietta, Newnan, Peachtree City, LaGrange and Carrollton into the network of Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet.

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