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When I started in the Urgent Care business in 1994 I would venture to say there were fewer than 2000 clinics in operation. Today the number is close to 15,000. Years ago they were most likely owned by a physician, usually an ER physician that wanted to work better hours and own their own business and control their schedule or a physician or two that created a center as an investment.
Over the years that changed to large private equity groups, hospitals, huge health systems, insurance companies including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and United Health Care, national drug store chains CVS and Walgreens, and huge retailers including Walmart and Amazon, and even franchises like AFC.
Even with large groups like that sometimes owning hundreds of locations, the majority of all Urgent Care clinics in the U.S. are still owned by individuals or small partnerships that own one or two clinics. While I operate multiple clinics in multiple states, I still consider myself like a small independent clinic operator. It’s probably because the last 25 clinics were essentially built one by one with the same team members that have been together for years rather than just some big corporation directing the clinics from some corporate office.
Actually, many of those investors have come and gone. Some bought and sold the same group of clinics more than once. It’s not an easy business. After 25 years of trying different methods to perfect the business Walmart recently got out of the business of providing medical care saying “It is not a sustainable business model.”
The intention of Urgent Care Boot Camp is to assist you with information and advice picked up through 30 continuous years of operating Urgent Care clinics.
I have been involved in constructing and operating clinics in multiple states, dealing with different employee regulations, different medical board situations, employing Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Supervising Physicians, Telemedicine, and trying to find qualified medical assistants and x-ray techs to keep the clinics open.
I have also been involved in the buying of clinics that needed improvements and the selling of clinics in multiple states to private equity backed and hospital joint venture groups.
I would like to propose getting together in person in a small group of 10 or so people that are serious about learning how to make their clinic better or people that would like advice and information about starting their own clinic.
If I can be of assistance to you, please reach out to me at [email protected] or through LinkedIn.
Sincerely,
Logan McCall