Practice Management
JUCM Editor in Chief Lindsey E. Fish, MD, FCUCM, is now leading the College of Urgent Care Medicine (CUCM) and the Urgent Care College of Physicians (UCCOP) as the newly elected president. Members of the CUCM and UCCOP board of directors elected Fish during the 2026 Urgent Care Association (UCA) Conference in Chicago last week. CUCM and UCCOP, as affiliates of UCA, drive timely advances in clinical care, education, research, collaboration, and advocacy for urgent …
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Emergency department (ED) visits for tick bites are surging nationwide, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of April 19, 2026, CDC recorded 85 per 100,000 ED visits were due to tick bites—more than double what is typically expected at this time of year. In Maryland, ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers are seeing an uptick in bites with 160 cases so far that were ultimately treated for Lyme disease, according …
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As markets evolve, urgent care operators often look for unique opportunities to add services that complement care or fill gaps where they exist. In Marquette, Michigan, after a Planned Parenthood clinic shut down, an urgent care operated by a physician entrepreneur has now started offering medication abortion services, according to a report from NPR and KFF Health News. Services are provided by emergency medicine physicians, and 1 of the physicians previously worked at Planned Parenthood. …
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AFC Urgent Care has announced a new partnership with the nonprofit Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, California, for existing AFC clinic locations in Valencia and Canyon Country, according to a press release. With a coordinated model, the urgent care centers can refer patients to the hospital’s care sites for follow-up, specialty visits, or higher levels of care as appropriate. Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital also operates its own branded urgent care center, located on …
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking to address anticompetitive healthcare market activity with the formation of a new task force, according to an agency announcement. The group will be responsible for leading enforcement initiatives, creating coordinated agencywide strategies on investigations, identifying opportunities for FTC involvement in legal cases, and shaping new priorities for enforcement. Some examples of past actions include successful efforts to increase price transparency and terminate deceptive marketing techniques. FTC says the …
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is making a game plan for this summer’s 2026 FIFA World Cup by collecting a list of urgent care centers and other provider sites to help visitors find needed care while experiencing the international soccer events. It’s part of the state’s overall healthcare system readiness strategy tied to the World Cup. Additional resources for clinicians include disease fact sheets as well as disease reporting, isolation, and quarantine protocols for …
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Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health is expanding locations as part of a broader strategy that includes in-person urgent care, digital urgent care, and new emergency access points. The nonprofit system currently operates 50 urgent care centers through a joint venture with NextCare Urgent Care and is continuing to invest in new growth in the market, as reported in Becker’s. Alongside these services, the organization plans to open 4 small-format neighborhood emergency hospitals in North …
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There were 92,973 nicotine exposures in children aged 1 month to 5 years from 2016 through 2023, according to a national analysis of U.S. poison center reports published in JAMA Network Open. Trends over time indicate nicotine exposures from e-cigarette are rising as vaping devices are growing in popularity. Researchers found 2 pediatric deaths associated with e-cigarette liquid ingestion, and most exposure cases occurred in toddlers (median age 1.25 years). Exposures involving traditional tobacco products …
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Analysis of U.S. surveillance data found that HIV coinfection occurs in about 1 in 12 adolescents diagnosed with early syphilis, though the proportion has declined in recent years. Among 28,965 adolescents ages 15 to 19 with primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis from 2014–2023, 9% also had HIV, as reported in MedPage Today reporting on the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Additionally, 27% of the adolescents had unknown HIV status. In terms of trends, …
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As of February 19, 2026, there were 982 confirmed measles cases reported in the United States for the year so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—a high case count for a year that is barely 2 months in. By comparison, there were a total of 2,280 cases through all of 2025. Public health leaders and clinicians are facing 5 new outbreaks this year in at least 26 states. Health departments …
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