“It could be a tremendous savings,” he said. “If somebody comes in and obviously needs to be in an ER, our focus is to get them there.”īut for someone with a sports-related injury or even a COVID-19 test, which has turned into about 30% of MD Now’s business, Collins said patients can save money choosing the clinics over the emergency rooms. “If someone is having cardiac chest pain or signs and symptoms of a stroke, severe belly pain that’s going to need a CT Scan, it’s better to go to an emergency room where they can get that kind of care,” Collins said. The MD Now clinics have a 1% referral rate to emergency rooms, Collins said, meaning most patients receive the care they need, when they need it, at the site. The same investor also purchased the neighboring Wawa. This location was part of a double deal with neighboring Aspen Dental, said real estate broker Jim Schibler of Marcus & Millichap, who sold that property to an investor for $3.7 million on a 10-year lease. This will be at the major intersection with Veterans Parkway. 27 in a new building at 2609 Santa Barbara Blvd., Suite 102, in Cape Coral and will have 3,200 square feet. Cleveland Ave., Suite 102, in what used to be a mattress shop. 8 at the northwest corner of College Parkway and U.S. That has about 3,800 square feet of space. 29 in the Harlem Heights area of Fort Myers at 15165 McGregor Blvd., in what used to be a bank. The Fort Myers locations have three job openings, per MD Now’s website. The chain has 55 clinics in Florida and has created nine jobs per clinic, so 27 jobs for the Lee County clinics. Over the past month, MD Now has opened two new clinics in Fort Myers at high-traffic volume locations. We’re very accessible in the community for people to get easy access to.” Being able to get results in a patient portal. Patients, they want things on their terms. Private equity firms are looking to get into the space. “There’s a lot of health care dollars sort of being driven to urgent care right now. “Quality of care speed and lower costs,” Collins said. He trained in internal medicine and pediatrics in Boston, Massachusetts at Mass General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. Jeffrey Collins, MD Now’s chief medical officer. With emergency room visits costing well north of $1,000 and urgent care clinic visits costing in the low hundreds of dollars, depending on the type of care needed, a patient can receive care and save money at the same time, said Dr. MD Now, a brand of urgent care clinics founded 16 years ago, has just expanded to Lee County. “It’s cost 88 cents since the day we opened, four years ago,” Nasshan said. It’s simply a yellow pad that can be attached to the end of a broom handle for cleaning floors. Hispanic consumers call it a “Frazada," and it’s been one of the grocery chain’s most popular items. “Flan will be one of the top-selling items in the store,” Nasshan said.Īnother popular item was made not in South or Central America, but in Germany. The store also offers fresh-baked breads, fresh fruit and vegetables, much of it locally-sourced, a baker with fresh guava and other fruit pies and a large selection of hams and cheeses. And another display was stuffed with plantain chips. “That’s about 40 of the best Hispanic-brand crackers.”īlack beans, olive oil, mojo-flavored marinades and various rices are all on display with abundancy upon entering the store.Īnother aisle had a large selection of Cuban coffees. Nasshan said non-Hispanic grocery shoppers who were interested in learning more about Hispanic foods and culture were more than welcome to try the store. “Whatever your Hispanic ethnicity – Mexican, Guatemalan, Cuban, Puerto Rican, El Salvadorian, Nicaraguan, others – we’ll get that product for you here.” “We do a nice job of blending and not de-selecting for our customers,” Nasshan said. The products available, while emphasizing brands popular with Hispanics, also include many mainstream grocery items prevalent at competing stores, he said. With Lehigh Acres having a 38% Hispanic population, the Homestead Road location made sense, Nasshan said. The concept caught on and grew from there. View Gallery: Fresco y Mas opens in Lehigh Acres
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