Big Changes Afoot For Pittsburgh Urgent Care Centers

PITTSBURGH, PA — UPMC and GoHealth Urgent Care are teaming up to operate UPMC Urgent Care and UPMC Express Care clinics and also will acquire numerous MedExpress clinics throughout Western Pennsylvania. UPMC urgent and express locations will be rebranded UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care in the spring.

The partnership was announced Wednesday.

"UPMC and GoHealth Urgent Care both focus on providing access to high quality health care conveniently, where people live their lives. This is why we have formed a new joint venture that will support expanded access to on-demand care in the communities we serve," a joint statement from the companies said.

"This will bring more ambulatory services – such as unscheduled and primary care, women’s health, orthopedics and radiology – directly to communities that need them. During this transition, MedExpress, UPMC Urgent Care and UPMC Express Care locations will continue to operate under their current names."

The companies did not disclose how many MedExpress locations they are acquiring.