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80. Do you by any chance have a timeline available for starting up an urgent care center?

We work with many startups through our sister consulting company National Med Network, we have worked with over 50 startup urgent care centers.  The timeline that you refer to would be part-and-parcel to their service.  The actual list of items to complete has about 1,500 different tasks.  Generally, it takes about 8-12 months from the time you have made the decision to start until you open.   This timeline can get down to about 3-4 months if you have a ready-built facility.  If you can leverage existing payor contracts from another business (hospital, IPA, or another practice), then this can be accomplished while minimizing losses.

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David Stern, MD, CPC CEO, Practice Velocity Partner, Physicians Immediate Care Board Member, Urgent Care      Association of America Dr. Stern helped design the patent-pending Practice Velocity template (PiVoT) that is now used in over 240 urgent care centers. He is board certified in internal medicine and served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Stern received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University after completing undergraduate studies at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. Dr. Stern serves on the Board of Directors of the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA). A Certified Professional Coder, Dr. Stern writes articles and presents at numerous national and regional conferences on topics, including medical charting, emr, medical coding and medical practice management. With additional partners of John Koehler, MD (CEO) and Terry Buzzard, MD (Regional Medical Director), they operate the urgent care consulting firm of National Med Network and the ten clinics (in Illinois and Oklahoma) of Physicians Immediate Care.

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