MIAMI, July 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ER Urgent Care (Pink Sheets:ERUG) announces the opening of its 5th center scheduled for July 21, 2005. This comes 6 weeks after arriving at an agreement with South Florida Medical Financial Group to execute a joint venture on a practice purchase. This new addition is located at 18648 Northwest 67th Avenue in Miami Lakes, Florida. The practice has been in business for over 18 years and has a patient volume of over 60 patients per day. "We are confident that this profit center will be one of the highest producing revenue streams in the region for our network of urgent care centers," explains Jerry Miller, ERUG Founder and Executive Director.
About ER Urgent Care
ERUC Management Company Inc. operates ER Urgent Care Centers in the South Florida area. The "true, bona-fide," "Urgent Care Center" is a one-stop-shop where patients can receive premier health care, after-hours, at a fraction of the cost of emergency room visits. With the "Urgent Care Center" model, emergency rooms will no longer lose money on ER patients with minor injuries and illnesses and the HMOs will no longer have to pay exorbitant claims for non-admitted patients. ER Urgent Care Centers create a win-win situation for everyone, filling the financial and service gap between primary care physicians (PCPs) and hospital emergency rooms.
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Or visit our locations at:
No. 1 850 Ives Dairy Rd. North Miami Beach, Fl. 33179
No. 2 213 North Federal Highway Hallandale Beach, Fl. 33009
No. 3 15463 SW 137th Ave. Kendal, Fl. 33177
No. 4 NEW! 4401 North Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Fl. 33309
No. 5 Opening July 12, 2005 : 18648 Northwest 67th Avenue Miami
Lakes, Fl. 33015
ER Urgent Care Centers is a provider for Amerigroup, Avmed, Humana (HUM), Aetna (AET), Hip/Vista/Beacon, Medicaid/Medipass/Medi-Kids, Total Health Choice, United Health Care, Beech Street, Dimension Health, Assist Card, Cigna (CI), Corvel (CRVL), Discount Health Insurance Plans and many more.
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