Contact: Abbie Graiver
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NORWAY, Maine 鈥� Through a joint venture with AOA体育平台 and in partnership with Stephens Memorial Hospital, Concentra庐 will open Concentra Oxford, an occupational health and urgent care center in the Oxford Hills community. This collaboration will promote convenient, high-quality urgent care services to Stephens Memorial Hospital patients, so patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.
Concentra Oxford will give Stephens Memorial Hospital and AOA体育平台 patients additional access to non-emergent care for minor injuries and illnesses that can鈥檛 wait for a primary care provider, but do not require an emergency department visit. Concentra clinicians will operate the Oxford medical center in close clinical collaboration with Stephens providers.
鈥淥ur community needs more immediate and convenient access to high-quality, non-emergency care,鈥� shares Stephens Memorial Hospital President Andrea Patstone. "We are pleased by this partnership and excited to bring another affordable care option to our community in support of our vision of 鈥榳orking together so our communities are the healthiest in America.鈥�"
Local employers can continue to use the Concentra Oxford medical center for employer health services, including workers鈥� compensation, injury care, pre-and-ongoing employment screenings, physicals, and regulatory exams.
鈥淐oncentra has served the Maine and greater Oxford area and its employers for years as an urgent care and occupational health provider,鈥� said Maiya LaVerdure, vice president of Concentra operations. 鈥淲e look forward to providing urgent care for Stephens Memorial Hospital patients as we continue to serve Maine employers and keep their employees strong, healthy, and safe at work.鈥�
The clinic will be open Monday through Friday from 7 am to 4 pm. Concentra accepts all major insurance plans, and the Oxford Hills location welcomes patients two years of age and older. Patients under two years of age should see a pediatrician.
The medical center, conveniently located in the Oxford Plaza at , next to Ocean State Job Lots, is anticipated to open in December 2021.
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About Concentra
Concentra, a division of Select Medical, is a leading health care company focused on improving the health of America鈥檚 workforce, one patient at a time. Through its managed practice groups and affiliated clinicians, the company currently provides occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services from nearly 520 medical centers nationwide. In addition to these medical center locations, Concentra currently serves employers by providing a broad range of health advisory services and operating more than 130 onsite medical facilities.
About Stephens Memorial Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital is part of AOA体育平台, a not-for-profit integrated health system consisting of nine local hospital systems, a comprehensive behavioral healthcare network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and more than 1,700 employed and independent physicians working together through an Accountable Care Organization. With close to 23,000 employees, AOA体育平台 is the largest health system in northern New England and provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.