UAP Clinic Announces Plans for New Medical Office Building

Terre Haute, December 8, 2011- After more than two years of planning and discussion, Union Associated Physicians Clinic has begun construction of a new medical office building on the campus of Union Hospital. The official groundbreaking for the new facility will take place on Thursday, December 8, 2011. The project will take 18 months to complete and will cost approximately $20 million.  

"The new UAP Clinic facility will be a tremendous asset for the residents of the Wabash Valley, said CEO Patrick Board. "Not only will it be a state-of-the-art facility for providing better outpatient medical care to patients, it will also allow our physicians to provide more timely care to patients at Union Hospital, both inpatients and those who come through the emergency department. For over 95 years, UAP Clinic has been committed to providing quality primary and specialty medical care in the Wabash Valley and this new facility represents our commitment to sustain the commitment into the future.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

Now Medicare offers annual wellness visits to all Medicare participants who have had Medicare coverage for more than 12 consecutive months. The annual wellness visit covers a personalized prevention plan and a variety of health and cancer screenings. This visit is only for your Medicare annual wellness visit. Other medical issues you may have questions about will need to be addressed in a separate appointment.

The preventative services covered include:

• Pneumococcal (once per lifetime or once every five years if high-risk), influenza (once per season), and hepatitis B vaccine and administration
• An annual screening mammography
• Screening pap test and pelvic exam every two years (annually if high-risk)
• An annual prostate cancer screening
• An annual colorectal cancer screening
• Bone mass measurement once every 24 months
• Medical nutrition therapy services (three hours of one-on-one counseling the first year; two hours in subsequent years)
• Cardiovascular screening blood test every five years
• An annual diabetes screening test (twice per year if diagnosed with pre-diabetes)
• Ultrasound test for abdominal aortic aneurysm as part of the Welcome-to-Medicare Physical  

Lab work, x-rays and EKGs may not be covered under this Medicare annual wellness exam.

Call 812.244.5080 for an Appointment!

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