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Buongiorno! As you put the final touches on your Halloween costumes, here is a spooky story for you: Imagine going to urgent care for something as trivial as a UTI, and getting a bill for $1,756, on top of $211 you already paid at the clinic! Keep reading to learn more.
When urgent care becomes emergency care
Intuitive Health, a private equity-backed company that runs about 50 hybrid ER-urgent care clinics, was launched on the idea that it could offer an alternative to costly hospital visits, providing under the same roof a clinic for uncomplicated issues and an ER in case of necessity.