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COVER FEATURE Compass Medical's Continued Expansion on the South Shore GROWING PRACTICE HAS OPENED FOUR CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN EAST BRIDGEWATER, EASTON, MIDDLEBOROUGH AND, JUST THIS PAST FALL, QUINCY. (L–R) George Clairmont, MD; Shuchi Gupta, MD; Deborah O'Keefe, MD; Mark Ostrem, MD; Eric Wallace, MD; Sailaja Reddy, MD; Jamie Barber, CEO 6 | Greater Boston MD NEWS I MDNEWS.COM ing primary care services in Southeastern Massachusetts and a new 27,000-square-foot medical center in Quincy, Compass Medical appears well positioned to thrive in the evolving healthcare marketplace, with no signs of slowing down in sight. Growth has been a hallmark of Compass Medical, which has eight facilities, including four strategically located medical centers that offer urgent care, and ancillary and specialty services. CEO Jamie Barber says the organization is looking for two more communities to expand to in 2014. "The need for adaptation is felt daily," Barber says. "It's very exciting. All of the changes that are happening at breakneck speed give us opportunities to get better and grow." George Clairmont, MD, Compass Medical's founder and President, says that he and his colleagues have developed a healthcare model centered on primary care that has been able to successfully evolve with the changes sweeping through the healthcare industry. "Change is clearly here now," says Dr. Clairmont. "One primary care physician can't do it all." Dr. Clairmont formed the Bay State's first multi-site primary care group practice, Physicians Health Alliance, in 1993. The practice changed its name to Compass Medical in 1995, and it has been growing ever since. Barber PHOTOS © RYAN RICHARDSON W ITH TWO DECADES of provid-

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