This marks the 19th location for Florida's fastest growing urgent care
company
Vero Beach Mayor Thomas P. White to Attend Official Opening Ceremony
October 9, from 2-6 p.m.
VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida-based health care provider Solantic will continue its ambitious expansion program, opening a full-service walk-in urgent care center in Vero Beach, FL on September 24, 2008. A grand opening ceremony will be held on October 9, 2008, from 2-6 p.m. where Vero Beach Mayor, Thomas P. White will cut the ribbon at 2:30 p.m.
Solantic offers medical treatments by board-certified physicians and is open extended hours. Services include urgent care, x-rays, immunizations, blood work, and physicals. Additionally, Solantic offers occupational health services including treatment of work related injuries, pre-employment and job specific physicals and drug screens.
"Vero Beach and Indian River County welcome Solantic to our community," said Vero Beach Mayor Thomas P. White. "Solantic is a place where citizens needing urgent care can come 7 days a week for professional medical attention, at a reasonable cost."
This is the company's second center on the Treasure Coast, with the first clinic opening in Port St. Lucie on August 15. Both area centers are part of an expansion plan throughout the state of Florida with 19 centers currently open and an expected 1,000 locations nationwide over the next few years.
"Our managed care partners and local employers identified Vero as an
opportunity to provide an alternative to the high cost of an emergency room
visit. In 2006, the consumer spent an average of over $693 for a lower
level emergency room visit to an Indian River county hospital," said Karen
Bowling, CEO of Solantic. "If these patients had been treated at Solantic,
they would have realized an overall savings of approximately $19 million in
2006 alone, and $
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