FISHERSVILLE, VA (Rocktown Now) — Augusta Medical Group has announced the consolidation of three practice locations.

The healthcare facility has decided to consolidate Weyers Cave Urgent Care, Buena Vista Primary Care, and Churchville Primary Care. Patients from these locations will be transitioned to nearby practices.

  • Buena Vista Primary Care: Patients have already been contacted and reassigned to either Augusta Health Maury River Family Practice or Augusta Health Primary Care in Lexington—both are located less than 10 miles away.
  • Churchville Primary Care: Patients are encouraged to seek care at Augusta Health Family Practice in Verona, located less than 10 miles away. While the Churchville location operated only three days a week, patients will now have access to care five days a week at Verona.
  • Weyers Cave Urgent Care: Patients may visit any Augusta Health Urgent Care locations in Stuarts Draft, Staunton, Waynesboro, or Crozet, with Staunton being the closest. Additionally, Augusta Health will deploy its Mobile Clinic to Weyers Cave.

“These decisions are never easy, but demonstrate Augusta Health’s commitment to deploying innovative access strategies for addressing demand at the neighborhood level. They are necessary to ensure the future of Augusta Health and to provide the consistent, cost-effective care our communities deserve,” said Kris Doan, MBA, FACHE, President of Augusta Medical Group. “We remain focused on meeting the evolving needs of the Shenandoah Valley while keeping our patients at the center of everything we do.”

The consolidation is also part of Augusta Health’s ongoing response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the resulting realities for healthcare delivery.

Meanwhile, Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, who strongly opposed the law that made major cuts to health care, food assistance, and other programs that Virginians rely on in order to slash taxes for the wealthiest Americans, released a statement about the consolidation.

“We appreciate Augusta Health’s courage and transparency in being clear about the cause of these closures: reckless cuts forced through by our Republican colleagues. We warned that their partisan tax bill would lead to shuttered clinics, lost jobs, and reduced access to critical health care services, especially in rural communities. Sadly, this is exactly what we are now seeing – and no amount of massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy can justify the damage to Virginia families.”

More than 15 million people currently covered under Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will lose their health insurance, and many rural hospitals will lose federal funding, putting them at risk of closure.