N.H. company plans urgent care centers in Maine
New Hampshire-based ConvenientMD, a privately owned chain of urgent care centers, plans to open its first Maine location in Westbrook, as well as centers in Portland and Scarborough, the Portland Press Herald reported.
Max Puyanic, co-chief executive officer of ConvenientMD, told the paper the company hopes to open the Westbrook clinic by the end of this year, and has prospective sites in Portland and Scarborough. There are eight walk-in health clinics within 10 miles of the proposed downtown Westbrook site.
The upsurge in urgent care centers tallies with the industry’s overall growth nationwide. Urgent care is a rapidly growing industry, according to the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine, fueled by by frustration over long waits in the emergency room (for non-emergency care), and a reduction in available primary care appointments
The PPH cited a market research report published in November by IBISWorld that said urgent care centers represented a $16 billion industry and are “one of the fastest growing segments of the American healthcare system.” An average of 14,000 patients per year visit each urgent care center in the United States, with each clinic handling about 40 patients per day, according to the Urgent Care Association of America.
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