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Mercy’s 53,000-square-foot Branson clinic replaces a family medicine center and a therapy services facility in the city.
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Mercy’s 53,000-square-foot Branson clinic replaces a family medicine center and a therapy services facility in the city.

Opening day set for Mercy’s $19M Branson clinic

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Last edited 1:53 p.m., Oct. 29, 2018

Ceremonial festivities are set for Wednesday in advance of next week’s planned opening of the $19 million Mercy Branson Multi-Specialty Clinic.

A ribbon cutting, blessing and open house is scheduled on Oct. 31 for Mercy Springfield Communities’ clinic, 448 State Highway 248. Along with remarks from Mercy leaders, doctors and Branson Mayor Karen Best, the Branson Regional Arts Council Show Choir “Staccato” will perform, followed by tours of the 53,000-square-foot clinic. The health care center officially opens Nov. 5.

“It’s really beautiful and I’m really excited to see what people think when they see it on Wednesday,” Mercy spokeswoman Sonya Kullmann said.

DeWitt & Associates Inc. broke ground on the primary care and urgent care services clinic after delays in May 2016, nearly three years after receiving approval from the Branson Board of Aldermen for a planned development. It was built on the site of the former Branson Inn, which was demolished in summer 2013 to prepare for the project. The adjacent former Oak Ridge Boys Theatre also was demolished to make way for the construction, according to Springfield Business Journal archives.

Mercy officials said in May 2016 construction was expected to start by fall 2016, with an estimated project length of about 18 months. However, after the Oak Ridge Boys Theatre was torn down, substantial prep work was required to get the site ready for construction, Kullmann said. The work was tied to addressing potential drainage concerns and adding a retaining wall, she added, which put the start of construction around October 2017.

According to Mercy officials, the clinic offers specialty services, including podiatry, urology, cardiology, physical therapy, general surgery and sports medicine. It also provides virtual medicine options, allowing patients with long-term conditions, such as asthma, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, to remain in their homes while still receiving care throughout the health system’s coverage area via webcams and the internet.

“There was a lot of design time put into this because we needed this to be used by a variety of specialists,” Kullmann said. “In order to make this space work for everybody, it was important to get it right.”

The new center replaces Mercy Clinic Family Medicine, 1065 State Highway 248, and Mercy Therapy Services, 670 Branson Landing Blvd. The family medicine clinic will close upon the new clinic’s opening Nov. 5, while the therapy services location will remain operational until early spring 2019, Kullmann said. Upon closing, each will have its services folded into the new clinic.

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