Construction Underway on $600 Million State-of-the-Art ‘Health Care Village’ in Clarkston
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich., July 18 /PRNewswire/ — Construction of one of the first one-stop health care destinations in Oakland County will receive its official kick-off with a ceremonial groundbreaking at noon on July 25th for the “McLaren Health Care Village,” a health care destination that will contain a full range of first-class health care services.
McLaren Health Care, in collaboration with the Clarkston Medical Group, is building the “McLaren Health Care Village at Clarkston” to meet all of the medical needs of the Village of Clarkston, Independence Township and surrounding communities. The Village will be located at the intersection of Sashabaw Road and Bow Pointe Drive, within the Sashabaw Business District.
When complete, the Village will cover nearly 79 acres and will include the Clarkston Medical Building, medical offices, an ambulatory surgery center, a state-of-the-art cancer center, a heart center, life science facilities, a 200- to 300-bed hospital, depending on need and demonstrated demand.
“We’re very excited to become a member of the Clarkston Community with the development of the McLaren Health Care Village at Clarkston,” said McLaren Health Care President and CEO Philip Incarnati. “We studied the area very carefully, and discovered that comprehensive health care services weren’t available within the Greater Clarkston area. We’re determined to provide the residents of the City of Clarkston and Independence Township access to the most recent, state-of-the-art technologies and comprehensive health care facilities. We’re working with the Clarkston Medical Group, which has served this community for almost a half century to help us do that.”
The Health Care Village brings together a top-rated health care system with one of the premier physician groups of the Clarkston community. McLaren Health Care hospitals, health plan and home health agencies regularly earn recognition for excellence in patient and customer care from national organizations including The Joint Commission, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Michigan Association of Health Plans, Plans, Solucient(R), HealthGrades(R) and J.D. Power and Associates among many others. McLaren has also won recognition for its superior heart care, neurosurgery, orthopedics and cancer care. McLaren’s long-standing joint venture with Michigan State University also brings some of the most cutting-edge cancer treatments in the nation to the Clarkston community.
For more than 45 years, 10,000 families have trusted the Clarkston Medical Group’s 15 board-certified physicians for their medical care.
“We’ve been vital to delivering the highest quality health care to Clarkston area with a personal touch that can only come with knowing every corner of this community,” said Clarkston Medical Group Founder James O’Neill, M.D. “Now, with McLaren’s presence in Clarkston, our patients will be able to get all of their health care needs met at one place. We’ll be able to improve the health of our community by delivering the same quality of care right in the place where it’s needed most in this community.”
The Village is designed to deliver the full continuum of health care services using the most recent, state-of-the-art technologies and health care facilities to provide prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure, efficiently and cost-effectively at one site.
The $600 million project will be built in three phases. The first phase will feature a new 135,000 sq. ft., medical office building for the Clarkston Medical Group (CMG) that will include a 15,000 sq. ft. ambulatory surgical center. A 30,000 sq. ft. freestanding comprehensive cancer treatment center and beautiful healing gardens with bike paths and walking trails will also be included in the first phase. The lush, landscaped campus will be open to the community to use and enjoy.
The second phase will include a state-of-the-art, comprehensive cardiac center, three life science facilities, additional medical office buildings and a 200-bed hospital depending on need and demand. The third phase, contingent upon the community need, will add 100 hospital beds to the hospital.
The first phase is scheduled to be completed within 18 months. Future phases will be completed over the next five to seven years.
Using environmentally friendly planning principles such as storm water management, the development will be built to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification criteria. LEED certification is the U.S. government’s stamp of approval on “green” projects.
Recognized by Verispan as one of the top Integrated Health Networks in the nation, McLaren Health Care includes more than 150 locations, 15,000 employees and almost 3,600 physicians. It includes seven regional hospitals: McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint; Lapeer Regional Medical Center; Ingham Regional Medical Center and Ingham Regional Orthopedic Hospital in Lansing; Bay Regional Medical Center and Bay Special Care Hospital in Bay City; and Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center in Mt. Clemens. Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan, an award winning home health provider, and McLaren Health Plan, a top rated commercial and Medicaid HMO are also a part of the system.
McLaren Health Care registered more than $3.1 billion in revenue in 2006 and logged more than 268,560 Emergency Room visits, almost 2.7 million outpatient visits and 90,352 inpatient admissions.
The Clarkston Medical Group employs 15 board certified physicians in pediatrics, internal medicine, family practice and emergency medicine. More than 120 nurses, medical technicians, receptionists, billing, and management staff work together to achieve one goal: To focus on providing the highest quality medical care to our patient.
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CONTACT: Kevin Tompkins of McLaren Health Care, +1-810-342-1173; orCande Tschetter, for Clarkston Medical Group, +1-248-625-1911