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The following is a list of recent American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AAUCM) news articles that highlight our commitment to excellence. To read an entire article, please click on the news headline.

Urgent Vs. Emergency Care

July 25, 2012 AAUCM in the News
Here's a fact - kids don't just need a doctor during normal office hours, and according to the Academy of Urgent Care Medicine, only 29% of primary care doctors have coverage for after-hours. But h...
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Urgent Care and the Affordable Care Act

June 28, 2012 AAUCM in the News
On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that everyone have health insurance is constitutional.   Just as Urgent Care Medicine has been...
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UPMC to open Peters urgent care center

November 29, 2011 AAUCM in the News
UPMC and Washington Hospital will open an urgent care center in Peters next week, the first of three they plan in the next 18 months as part of a larger push by UPMC to significantly expand its netw...
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Doctor Offers Options

October 31, 2011 AAUCM in the News
Dr. Vic Wood is reaching out to small business owners faced with soaring workers' compensation premiums and the inability to offer health care to their employees. Wood, founder of the Doctor's...
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Urgent care site opens in Thurston

October 5, 2011 AAUCM in the News
Residents in east Springfield, Jasper and the McKenzie River area now have a convenient option when they can’t get in to see their regular doctor or they have an illness or injury that is not...
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UPMC eyes care center partnership

September 14, 2011 AAUCM in the News
UPMC and The Washington Hospital are considering a partnership to open urgent care centers in Western Pennsylvania. UPMC last month filed articles of incorporation with the state for a nonprof...
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Use ERs only for real emergencies

July 11, 2011 AAUCM in the News
Emergency room care has reached crisis levels nationwide. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the number of ERs decreased in the last decade, even as patient traff...
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Walk-in clinics must post prices for 50 services starting July 1, some are confused

July 5, 2011 AAUCM in the News
The charges for stitches or getting checked out for a respiratory infection at the nearby urgent care center are supposed to be posted on the wall come July 1, but the new law could cause some pain f...
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VIM Welcomes Dr. Ken Cramer

May 19, 2011 AAUCM in the News
Volunteers in Medicine recently welcomed Dr. Ken Cramer as a volunteer primary care doctor. Cramer earned his Doctorate of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (the...
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Use of Urgent Care Growing in Southern California

May 12, 2011 AAUCM in the News
Having matured from their early 1970s image of "Docs in a Box," urgent care centers are growing in popularity with patients who would rather not wait to see a doctor -- whether in an office or in the...
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