Doctor’s Hospital plans Mount Vernon clinic

The 22 doctor-owners of Doctors Hospital have purchased the former First National Bank building, 108 N. Hickory, in downtown Mount Vernon.

Doctors Hospital Mount Vernon Clinic will join Doctors Hospital South in Nixa, Doctors Hospital Webb City Clinic and Doctors Hospital in Springfield with a focus on providing Medicaid and Medicare services.

“It’s just 30 miles away from the (Doctors Hospital in Springfield) and it makes sense for us to do that,” said Alexis Brown, director of communications. “We’ve gone out to some of the other outlying communities and the opportunity became available. We really like supporting the small community and providing quality health care. It just worked out for us.”

Doctors Hospital Mount Vernon Clinic will comprise four patient rooms, a laboratory, offices for physicians and an office manager, and a registration area.

The bank building, with approximately 13,000 square feet, had already been divided into four areas. One area will be used as the rural health clinic and Mount Vernon Eye Care Associates occupies another quarter.

There are big plans in store for the remainder of the building.

“Once we get established and we see how our volume and the response from the community is, we’re looking at possibly opening up an urgent care,” Brown said. “We’re talking to a few people about possibly putting in a pharmacy or durable medical equipment, so we’re looking at creating a medical plaza out of that building.”

She added that it’s too soon to name potential tenants.

Click here for the full story from the Oct. 3 issue of SBJ.