Fisherville, Va.-based Augusta Medical Group linked plans to consolidate three locations.
Here are five things to know:
1. Augusta Medical Group is consolidating three care sites: Buena Vista Primary Care, Churchville Primary Care and Weyers Cave Urgent Care. Augusta Medical Group operates under Augusta Health, a regional health system anchored by Augusta Health–Main Campus in Fisherville and several other community care sites.
2. In a Sept. 4 release, Augusta Health linked the closures in part to its ongoing response to the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
3. “These decisions are never easy, but demonstrate Augusta Health’s commitment to deploying innovative access strategies for addressing demand at the neighborhood level,” Kris Doan, president of Augusta Medical Group, said in the release.
4. According to Augusta Health, consolidating clinics is necessary to ensure financial sustainability while continuing to provide consistent, cost-effective care across the Shenandoah Valley.
5. When the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed, Medical Group Management Association’s Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs, said its passage “paints a grim future for America’s physician practices” because so many Americans stand to lose coverage. The MGMA supports healthcare reform, but not the Medicaid coverage changes.
“Make no mistake, these beneficiaries are not going anywhere,” said Mr. Gilberg. “They will still find care in our U.S. healthcare system. Only now, under OBBA, medical groups and hospitals will be left picking up the enormous tab.”
