Baylor Scott & White Health adds 41 Texas urgent care centers with NextCare partnership

Forty-one facilities in “fast-growing areas” such as Houston, San Antonio and Abilene will give the state’s largest nonprofit health system a foothold in new markets. The deal also catapults Baylor Scott & White to a new role as one of Texas’ major providers of urgent care services.

“We are dedicated to providing customers with as much choice as possible when seeking care,” Pete McCanna, CEO of Baylor Scott & White, said in a Thursday release from the system. “Through this venture, the NextCare sites across the state will be integrated into...