Eau Claire, Wis.-based OakLeaf Medical Network, the largest independent physician network in the state, is opening four clinics across Western Wisconsin to expand care following the closure of two area hospitals.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-based St. Joseph's Hospital and Eau Claire, Wis.-based Sacred Heart Hospital, both part of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System, closed on March 22.
Multiple regional health centers HSHS operates with Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health will also end services April 2, with Prevea's Western Wisconsin residency clinics and its UW-Stout location remaining open through June 30.
The OakLeaf clinics will be located in Cornell, Ladysmith, Menomonie and Rice Lake, all in Wisconsin, and will open between May 1 and May 13, according to a March 28 news release from OakLeaf.
Three of the clinics will be housed in existing Prevea clinic locations that will be closing.
OakLeaf will have 11 clinics once the four facilities open.