Alo Launches First Avance Care Pediatrics Practice
Practice is Avance Care’s 37th in North Carolina, its first pediatrics-specific location
Dr. Kimberly Gush will continue to lead the pediatric team, who are now part of Avance Care Pediatrics | Chapel Hill, at the same location
Alo, the North Carolina healthcare company supporting independent physicians and other clinicians, has opened Avance Care Pediatrics | Chapel Hill, transitioning the longstanding Village Pediatrics of Chapel Hill team to the company’s Avance Care platform. While other Avance Care locations have pediatricians on staff, Avance Care Pediatrics | Chapel Hill will be the company’s first pediatrics-specific practice of its 37 in the state.
Dr. Kimberly Gush will continue leading the practice with her team in the same location, providing the same excellent care for which Village Pediatrics has been known for since it was founded in 2006.
“Dr. Gush and Village Pediatrics have a long history of caring for children and families in the Chapel Hill area,” said Matt Eirich, CEO of Alo and Avance Care. “We believe bringing the Village Pediatrics team into the Avance Care network reinforces our mission of helping independent practices maintain and extend the care provided to families in our communities.”
“We’re proud to have established great relationships with patients and families in our community and want to be able to continue providing the care they need,” said Dr. Gush. “We’ll now be able to maintain and enhance patient care for many years to come.”
Joining Avance Care gives this pediatrics team additional resources - a key factor in helping practices stay financially sustainable as cost and other pressures create challenges. According to data from the American Medical Association’s assessment tool for healthcare organizations, 55% of pediatricians in 2022 said they had experienced burnout, and almost half (48%) said they did not feel valued. Avance Care’s clinical, technical and support services are designed to help primary care providers, including pediatricians, have access to everything they need to maintain thriving practices.
“I’m looking forward to working closely with Avance Care behavioral health and children’s psychiatry services, as well as the Alo Clinically Integrated Network,” said Dr. Gush.
In the past six months, Alo has added Davidson Family Medicine and Durham Family Medicine teams to the Avance Care network and has opened new locations in Research Triangle Park, Waxhaw and Wilmington, NC.
About Alo
Alo, the parent company of Avance Care, is a physician enablement platform that provides solutions designed to support long-term practice sustainability. Founded by a team of industry veterans that understand how to change the playing field for independent practices, Alo helps physicians optimize their practices so that they and their patients can thrive. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC and currently supports 37 independent practice and provider groups delivering high-quality care to over 100,000 covered lives.
About Avance Care
Avance Care operates a network of primary care practices across North Carolina. As an innovative primary care provider, Avance Care strives to reduce healthcare costs for patients, health plans and employer groups by leveraging a comprehensive primary care model. This model, which is patient-centered and focused on access, prevention and disease management, provides an exceptional experience and improved outcomes. With a dedication to providing unprecedented accessibility and convenience, most Avance Care locations have on-site lab and x-ray services and are open weekends, with same-day and next-day appointments available.
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For more information contact:
Alo: Michael Pittman, mpittman@alosolutions.com
Avance Care: Lindsay Poole, lipoole@avancecare.com
