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PERIMETER BUSINESS
Dan Whisenhunt
Physician Assistant David Seabolt, who works at Perimeter
Clinic Buckhead, walks past rows of charts.
Perimeter sees increase in
‘pop-in’ clinics
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said. "Will it be quality medicine? I
don't know."
Dr. Okiki Louis, regional medical
director for Concentra's Southeast
Region, said the company
was interested in opening
a walk-in clinic closer to
Sandy Springs' aging Baby
Boomer population. Con-
centra opened three differ
ent clinics along Roswell
Road within the last three years: an
urgent care, primary care and thera
py clinic.
"The Sandy Springs location is in a
high-traffic retail space," Louis said.
"It lies on a busy street in the Sandy
Springs /Perime
ter area, so there is
high visibility. This
particular center
is part of our new
Integrated Well
ness Center model
where both prima
ry care and urgent
care offices make
up the facility. In
addition, the well
ness center is adja
cent to a Humana
guidance center, so
it allows us to also
serve the Humana members' medical
needs and create a meeting space for
the senior community."
Louis said Concentra sees the
ACA as an opportunity as more
patients walk through the clinic's
doors.
"We anticipate an increased use
in urgent care facilities as more pa
tients become covered under plans
in the exchanges and seek medical
resources for routine health issues,"
Louis said. "In the long term we see
greater opportunities to expand the
continuum of care through
the use of (electronic health
record) systems, greater
connection to health care
systems, and a greater fo
cus on wellness and long
term health."
Louis said that Concentra is get
ting ready by putting its records sys
tem in place and implementing care
coordinators who will help patients
find providers and specialists.
"We have also expanded our fo
cus to include pri
mary care centers
in order to create
additional access
points for newly-
covered patients
and longer-term
medical homes,"
Louis said.
Kron said that
she thinks there
will also be a rise
in clinics that ac
cept no insur
ance at all be
cause physicians
will want to avoid the hassle of pro
cessing new insurances. She said her
main selling point will be the quali
ty of care patients receive at Perim
eter Clinic.
"I think, in a way, the healthcare
law is going to benefit me," Kron said.
"You can offer more quality. Patients
are going to come and see you."
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Story
“We anticipate an increased
use in urgent care facilities
as more patients become
covered under plans in
the exchanges and seek
medical resources for
routine health issues.”
- Dr. Okiki Louis,
regional medical
director for Concentra’s
Southeast Region
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