A new UPMC joint venture with GoHealth Urgent Care announced plans to acquire a number of MedExpress urgent care locations in 2025. The organizations state that new branding will rename UPMC urgent and express care locations as UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care, and the partners will operate MedExpress locations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. New locations are also on the drawing board, they say, however, the number of new, jointly operated centers was not disclosed. Some locals believe UPMC may be getting too big, which could limit market competition, according television station WPXI.
Know the players: UPMC is a global nonprofit provider with more than 40 hospitals and 800 outpatient sites in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and overseas—including 37 urgent care locations as reported in Urgent Care’s Top 100 by JUCM. It is also an insurer that covers more than 4 million members. GoHealth Urgent Care has about 269 centers nationwide as reported in Urgent Care’s Top 100 by JUCM as well as partnerships with 12 healthcare systems, according to its website. MedExpress, which is owned by Optum, is part of an enterprise of at least 188 locations as reported in Urgent Care’s Top 100 by JUCM.
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