St. David's HealthCare Buys 9 Urgent Care Sites In Central Texas

AUSTIN, TX — St. David's HealthCare has acquired nine MedSpring Urgent Care centers in Central Texas — including five in Austin and one each in Cedar Park and Round Rock — officials said on Monday.

The acquired urgent care centers will be re-branded as re-branded as St. David’s CareNow Urgent Care centers later this year, officials added. The cost of the purchase was not disclosed.

“This acquisition furthers our ability to provide patients with convenient, quality care, growing our urgent care footprint in Central Texas,” David Huffstutler, president and chief executive officer of St. David’s HealthCare, said in a prepared statement. “As the region’s leading healthcare provider, we have built a system around convenience and access in order to meet the needs of our patients, and urgent care is a critical part of this.”

The newly acquired urgent care centers are located in the following areas:

• 11521 Ranch Rd., 620 North (Austin).
• 517 S. Lamar Blvd. (Austin).
• 7212 Burnet Rd. (Austin).
• 3906 N. Lamar Blvd. (Austin).
• 208 W. Ben White Blvd. (Austin).
• 1335 E. Whitestone Blvd. (Cedar Park).
• 1820 Gattis School Rd. (Round Rock).
• 301 N. Guadalupe St. (San Marcos).
• 1567 Main St., Suite 100 (Buda)

St. David’s HealthCare and CareNow currently operate four urgent care centers located in Cedar Park, Round Rock, Hutto and Southwest Austin, officials noted. Hospital system officials described St. David’s HealthCare’s CareNow Urgent Care centers as offering exceptional healthcare services to treat non-emergent medical problems that can develop unexpectedly and require immediate attention, filling the gap between primary care physicians and hospital emergency rooms.

About St. David’s HealthCare

With more than 117 sites across Central Texas, St. David’s HealthCare includes seven of the area’s leading hospitals and is one of the largest health systems in Texas. The organization has been recognized with a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence. St. David’s HealthCare is the third-largest private employer in the Austin area, with more than 10,200 employees.

St. David’s HealthCare is a unique partnership between a hospital management company and two local non-profits—St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation. The proceeds from the operations of the hospitals fund the foundations, which, in turn, invest those dollars back into the community. Since the inception of St. David’s HealthCare in 1996, more than $518 million has been given back to the community to improve the health and healthcare of Central Texans.