Renovations underway to prepare new clinic location
Wausau, Wis. – Ministry Medical Group has announced plans to open a new clinic in Schofield, Wisconsin, at 1699 Schofield Avenue.
The newest Ministry Medical Group clinic location is a remodel of an existing building, and will offer primary care services once open. Construction on the new clinic site is expected to be completed in early April.
When finished, the Schofield clinic will include 6,600 square feet. Parking will be located just outside the clinic, with a pharmacy nearby.
Jennifer Rhea, Director of Specialty Care for Ministry Medical Group, says the new clinic is part of an effort to make healthcare more convenient. “We know that patients want primary care that is easy to access. Opening this new Schofield clinic on a heavily-traveled intersection, near a residential area, will provide people with easier access to healthcare.”
Rhea says the Schofield clinic opening is part of a larger Ministry Health Care project to offer expanded primary care and specialty care services in the greater Wausau area. Another Ministry Medical Group clinic is currently under construction along Westwood Drive near Bridge Street, adjacent to Highway 51. It is projected to open in early 2017. That clinic will offer a range of primary care, specialty care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, diagnostic testing and lab services.
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About Ministry Health Care
Ministry Health Care (www.ministryhealth.org) is an integrated healthcare delivery network serving more than 1.1 million people across Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota. Ministry generates nearly $2.2 billion in annual operating revenue with 15 hospitals, 46 clinics and 10,000 associates, including 700 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. In 2013, Ministry Health Care joined Ascension, the largest Catholic and not-for-profit healthcare system in the nation. In that same year, Ministry became part of Integrated Health Network (IHN), which represents more than 5,000 physicians, 500 clinics and 42 hospitals in northern, central and eastern Wisconsin. IHN was created to improve the quality, efficiency and value of healthcare services in the markets served by its members.
Ministry is ranked among the top 20 percent of healthcare systems in the country according to Truven Health Analytics, and five Ministry hospitals are ranked in the top 10 in the state in Medicare’s Hospital Value Based Purchasing (VBP) program. Network Health, co-owned by Ministry Health Care and Froedtert Health, has received 4½-star recognition by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its Medicare Advantage plans.
About Ascension
Ascension (ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2015, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Approximately 160,000 associates and 36,000 aligned providers serve in 2,000 sites of care – including 137 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to healthcare delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
About Ascension Wisconsin
Ascension Wisconsin includes Columbia St. Mary’s, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and Ministry Health Care (which includes Affinity Health System), with 27 hospitals and hundreds of sites of care across the state. Together, the health systems employ more than 24,000 associates and nearly 1,000 medical group physicians. In fiscal year 2015, the health systems that now comprise Ascension Wisconsin provided $300 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty.