The addition of Plus to the Express Care name provides the opportunity to enhance our messaging that Express Care Plus is a Type B Emergency Department.
Lauren Geddes Wirth, MDNew London Hospital (NLH), a member of Dartmouth Health, is proud to announce the rebrand of NLH Express Care, to NLH Express Care Plus, reinforcing their commitment to delivering high-quality, accessible care to the community.
Opened in November 2021, Express Care Plus is a Type B Emergency Department, uniquely positioned to treat non-life-threatening conditions and illnesses while providing patients access to advanced services such as state-of-the-art imaging, on-site labs, and seamless collaboration with medical specialists.
“We are fortunate to be able to provide our community with exceptional benefits and care,” says Lauren Geddes Wirth, MD, President and CEO, New London Hospital. “The addition of Plus to the Express Care name provides the opportunity to enhance our messaging that Express Care Plus is a Type B Emergency Department. This is an important and perfect distinction as we are not are not licensed like regional urgent care centers, or even other Dartmouth Health Express Care centers.”
A Type B Emergency Department is an emergency care facility that is licensed by the state of New Hampshire and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). By definition, a Type B Emergency Department provides care for emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without an appointment.
NLH Express Care Plus accepts most insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid. Patient costs will vary based on their specific coverage. Some insurance plans may require patients to pay an emergency room level copayment and coinsurance. Being classified as a Type B Emergency Department, Express Care Plus is held to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). New London Hospital is required by law, and provides emergency medical screening and stabilizing treatment to any patient, regardless of their ability to pay or their insurance coverage.
NLH Express Care Plus is open 7 days-a-week, Monday-Friday, 9 am-7 pm, Saturday, 9 am-5 pm and Sunday, 9 am-3 pm.
Everyone is welcome at NLH Express Care Plus, including patients without a primary care provider and patients from outside the Dartmouth Health system. No appointment is required.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
About New London Hospital
As a member of Dartmouth Health, New London Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital serving 15 communities in the Kearsarge/Lake Sunapee region in central New Hampshire, providing primary care and specialized clinical services in a patient and family centered environment. In addition to services at the main campus in New London, primary and some secondary care is offered at the organization's Newport Health Center, a rural health center in Newport, NH. For more information, visit the New London Hospital website.