FLORA —
Logansport Memorial Hospital will close its Flora clinic at the end of November, hospital officials announced Wednesday.
Carroll County Family Medicine in Flora will shut its doors when Dr. Mark Meyer returns to private practice, LMH CEO and President David Ameen said. He did not know how many patients the clinic served, but estimated that most physicians serve 2,000 to 3,000 people.
All the practice’s medical records will be transferred to Camden Family Medicine, a LMH press release states.
“With our Camden Family Medicine clinic located just seven miles from Flora, it makes sense to serve Carroll County residents from this location,” Ameen said.
LMH had been in contract negotiations with Meyer when the doctor said he wanted to return to private practice, Ameen said.
The hospital doesn’t own the building housing Carroll County Family Medicine, so it made sense to just serve those patients in Camden, officials said. Ameen called it a business decision.
A nurse practitioner, Linda Stapleton, works at the Camden clinic, but no doctor is based there, Ameen said. He noted that a physician “backs up” the nurse practitioner and said the Camden practice will serve the needs of area patients.
The Camden clinic, 132 W. Main St., is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Patients can call 574-686-2022 to schedule appointments or 574-725-3463 to be placed with a caregiver in the Logansport Memorial Physician Network.
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LMH to close family medicine practice in Flora
Clinic will close at end of November, records to transfer to Camden
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