From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— Hospice care provider Agrace has opened a new office in La Crosse as it continues to expand outside Madison.
The nonprofit health care organization today announced the new office, which it says will offer “greater choice for high-quality, in-home hospice care” to residents of La Crosse County in western Wisconsin. Agrace provides hospice care in private residences as well as long-term care facilities.
Agrace President and CEO Lynne Sexten says the company has had more than 100,000 clients since being founded in 1978. It currently serves more than 1,700 patients in the state every day, according to a release.
“With the addition of our newest office in La Crosse, Agrace continues to rapidly expand our geographic footprint to meet the growing needs of the aging population in smaller cities, and isolated, rural or underserved areas of the upper Midwest,” Sexten said in a statement.
The company’s expansion plan includes continuing to grow within its existing 20-county service area in the state’s southern region while also reaching other counties in Wisconsin and parts of adjacent states.
See more in the release below.
— Marshfield Clinic Health System today announced it will start providing urgent care services at its Oakwood Center in Eau Claire in mid-August.
The health system is moving urgent care services from Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire to Marshfield Clinic Oakwood Center amid “changes to the health care landscape in the region,” according to the announcement.
The move comes after Hospital Sisters Health System last year shut down hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, prompting concerns about local access to health care.
“Volumes have increased at the Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire Emergency Department/Urgent Care by just under 50%,” said Brandon Parkhurst, vice president of medical affairs for MCHS.
See more in the release below.
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Press Releases
– Agrace: Opens Western Wisconsin office in La Crosse
– Marshfield Clinic: Oakwood Center urgent care opens Aug. 18
