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Mercy Expands Access to Primary Care in Monroe County

February 3, 2025

Mercy is bringing its high quality, lower cost health care approach to a new community with the addition of Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Waterloo Illinois Route 3 in Waterloo, Illinois.

“This new Mercy clinic is a great example of how Mercy is building on the legacy of the Sisters of Mercy while furthering our goal of keeping people healthy,” said Dr. Katie Ash, supervising physician leader for the clinic. “The Sisters were known as the Walking Sisters for going out into communities to provide care where it’s needed. That’s exactly what we’re doing by adding a clinic in Waterloo.”

Joe Wysocki, vice president of mission, blesses the new Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Waterloo Illinois Route 3. Joe Wysocki, vice president of mission, blesses the new Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Waterloo Illinois Route 3.

“Our approach to health care is to keep people healthy and out of the hospital,” Dr. Ash continued. “Primary care is essential to staying healthy. It is a key to preventing illness and treating health issues early before they require more extensive, and more expensive, care.”

Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Waterloo Illinois Route 3, located at 1551 N. Illinois Route 3, will serve the Waterloo and surrounding Monroe County community with a physician and Alan Meredith, physician assistant. Dr. Carrie Daigle from Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Columbia will coordinate with Meredith until a physician is hired to permanently serve at the clinic.

A blessing and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new clinic was held Tuesday, Jan. 28, with patient care now available.

This is Mercy’s third clinic in Monroe County. Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Columbia and Mercy Clinic Heart and Vascular – Columbia serve patients in the Mercy facility located at 1019 Valmeyer Road in Columbia, Illinois.

Patients in Waterloo will have the same access to Mercy care as other locations, including online appointment scheduling; use of the MyMercy+ app to provide access to scheduling, messaging with the care team, prescription refill requests, access to lab and test results, convenient bill pay and more; and seamless care with Mercy’s wide variety of highly skilled specialists.

Community leaders joined Mercy leaders and caregivers to cut the ribbon in celebration of the opening of Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Waterloo Illinois Route 3. Community leaders joined Mercy leaders and caregivers to cut the ribbon in celebration of the opening of Mercy Clinic Primary Care – Waterloo Illinois Route 3.
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