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SSM HEALTH
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL
2016 S. Main St.
Maryville, MO 64468
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Specifically with the added pri-
mary care physicians (PCPs) joining
the group later in the year, the avail-
ability of appointments will increase
significantly for patients’ chronic
and acute medical needs. Current
PCPs have added appointment
openings in their schedule, with
family nurse practitioners providing
coverage in the Walk-in Clinic.
“Our patients have been tell-
ing us through conversations and
patient satisfaction surveys that they
want to see their own doctors in a
timely manner,” says Andrea An-
derson, Director of Practice Ad-
ministration at SSM Health Medical
Group. “With these changes, our
PCPs will have more appointment
times available.”
Expanding access
to care in 2017
“The expansion of weekday hours
in the Walk-in Clinic is the first
step in our growth strategies to of-
fer improved access to the region,”
Anderson says. “Other plans are to
expand weekend hours for the Walk-
in Clinic and continue to increase
the number of providers as well as
implement satellite facilities so
we can offer medical services to
the residents of northwest
Missouri and southwest Iowa
closer to home.”
The first of the new providers
to join the Medical Group
in 2017 are Jack Forest,
DO, general surgeon,
who joined us in Janu-
ary, and family prac-
tice physician Chip
Fillingane, DO, who
arrives in March.
“We have a great
health care team
with our PCPs, spe-
cialists and nurse
practitioners,” says
Anderson. “We are
thrilled to be able to
meet this commit-
ment to offer greater
access to care for our
patients.”
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Nurse Practitioners Shelley
Zahnd
and
Amy Burris
are two
of the providers offering services
at the Walk-in Clinic.
Jack Forest, DO,
general surgeon
,
is the first of six
physicians joining
SSM Health Medical
Group in 2017.
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