MFMEC News
Texas Medicine 2008: United Heathcare Singled Out for Violations By Texas Department of Insurance.
MFMEC Terminates United Healthcare Contract
Effective January 1, 2008, Marble Falls Minor Emergency Center will no longer be a participating provider for United Health care and Golden Rule insurance... continued..
MFMEC Exclusively Provides Urgent Care and Ancillary Services
Marble Falls Minor Emergency Center remains true to it's mission as a dedicated urgent care center. As a part of this rededication to our primary mission, former primary care patients have been referred to local primary care physicians for longitudinal health care services. See letter to primary care patients..
New MFMEC Patient Survey
MFMEC launches new Patient Survey to better understand how we are doing and what we can do better. See Patient Survey
Health Plans are Failing Patients
The Harris County Medical Society has completed a survey regarding the performance of the major insurance carriers. According to the results: "All six of the major health insurance companies are failing patients..." See how the insurance companies stack up against each other. See Health Plans are Failing Patients.
We now also offer Care Credit. Apply for CareCredit NOW !
WE'VE GROWN ! ....
OUR NEW ADDITION adds 5 more treatment rooms to allow for more efficient urgent care patient flow and space for visiting specialty physicians. It addition the facility now has a new state-of-the-art procedure room and a new breath alcohol/urine drug screening area, new CT scan suite and a new much larger medical laboratory. area.
Greg Vagner, MD. is a visiting orthopedic specialist, with a sub-specialty in hand and microvascular surgery, congenital and pediatric hand surgery, and general orthopedic surgery.
Dr. Vagner holds his clinic at MFMEC on Wednesday Mornings. Patients may make appointments by calling 1-866-719-2663.
i Beta Kappa honor graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Joel Hurt, MD. Dr. Hurt grew up in the Austin Area and graduated from Westlake High School in 1991. He later attended Baylor University and then UT Southwester Medical School in Dallas, graduating in the top quarter of his class. He completed his residency in orthopedics at Parkland Hospital. He furthered his training by completing an orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at The University of Kentucky.
Michael Perkins, MD., MPH. is a visiting Occupational Medicine specialist. He acts is a consulting role to support our occupational medicine practice. He performs Designated Doctor Exams and Independent Medical Exams. These exams are requested by the the Workers Compensation Insurance Companies and by treating physicians on behalf of their patients. Both of these are very specialized roles in the delivery of medical services to injured workers. Prior to Dr. Perkins' coming to Marble Falls, injured workers had to travel to San Antonio, Austin or Temple for these exams.
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Caring... IT'S WHAT WE DO BEST!...is more than just a motto. It expresses our basic philosophy and conveys our commitment to you, our valued patient! We dedicate our education, training, knowledge, and experience to provide the highest standards of medical care for you.
The only Urgent Care Center in Burnet County and the first facility dedicated to urgent care in the Texas Hill Country since 2002.
Please Call: 830-798-1122
We are Located at:
1701 US Highway 281 (This is 0.5 mile north of the Highway 1431 intersection, just north of Tractor Supply). Going north, we are on the right hand side.
