January 2025- Ardent Health announced it has acquired 18 urgent care clinics across New Mexico and Oklahoma from NextCare Urgent Care.
“Expanding our urgent care footprint represents significant progress in our mission to create a consumer-focused ecosystem of care in each of the communities we serve,” said Ardent Health President and CEO Marty Bonick.
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The transaction includes six urgent care clinics in New Mexico, which will operate as part of Lovelace Health System, and 12 clinics in Oklahoma that will become part of Hillcrest HealthCare System. The acquisition significantly expands Ardent Health’s ambulatory operations in both markets. Through its subsidiaries, the Company currently operates five hospitals and 25 sites of care in New Mexico, and eight hospitals and 57 sites of care in Oklahoma.