Urgent Care

HCA’s Outpatient Boom Reshapes Its Care Network

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is accelerating its push into outpatient care, building on years of aggressive urgent care expansion and a growing slate of freestanding emergency departments as care continues to shift toward lower-cost, more convenient settings. In early February, HCA announced two Texas acquisitions that expand its urgent care and freestanding emergency department footprint, […]

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Higher Use, Not Higher Prices, Drove a 50% Spike in Urgent Care Spending

Urgent care spending among those with employer-sponsored insurance rose by more than 50% from 2018 to 2022, driven largely by higher use rather than rising prices, according to a new report released today by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI). Urgent care centers have become a more common stop for patients seeking quick access to

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Medical City Healthcare Acquires Urgent Care Locations

Medical City Healthcare announced the purchase of 13 CommunityMed urgent care centers that will be part of CareNow® Urgent Care. The locations are strategically located in communities underserved by urgent care including Arlington, Bartonville, Crossroads, Haslet, Heath, Mansfield, Melissa, Midlothian, Princeton, Prosper and Wichita Falls, which is a new market for Medical City Healthcare. As

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Urgent-Care Provider Carbon Health Technologies Files Bankruptcy

Medical-clinic operator Carbon Health Technologies Inc. filed for bankruptcy in Texas on Monday. An affiliate of the company listed between $100 million and $500 million in debt in its Chapter 11 petition. Carbon Health raised $350 million in 2021 from investors led by Blackstone’s Horizon, which would have valued the healthcare provider at about $3

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Concentra Acquires Reliant Immediate Care from MBI Industrial Medicine

Concentra®, the nation’s leader in occupational medicine, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Reliant Immediate Care in California. Reliant Immediate Care was an MBI Industrial Medicine company. Reliant LAX Airport at 5901 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045, is now Concentra Century Airport. Reliant Downtown LA at 814 Francisco Street, Los Angeles,

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