65 Prime Plus by Mercy - Festus
Festus, MO 63028
Phone: (636) 543-2820
Fax: (636) 543-2821
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You’ve finally made it to that time in life when there’s time to focus on you. Now, get a care team who’ll do that too. 65 Prime+ by Mercy combines the trusted expertise of Mercy with care designed just for people 65 and over.
Festus Senior Primary Care
Our clinic was designed with people 65 and older in mind. The space size, colors, and furnishings have all been chosen to create a comfortable, easy-to-navigate patient space. The senior health care services at Mercy Prime Plus include flu shots and other immunizations, medicare annual wellness visits, and general medical evaluations and wellness exams. The clinic also provides the treatment and management of the following:
- Minor illnesses and injuries, including strains, sprains & fractures
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Incontinence
- Alzheimer’s disease, dementia & early memory loss
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson’s disease & other movement disorders
For patients with multiple chronic conditions, your physician helps monitor the effectiveness of medications and proactively addresses issues.
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Meet Our Team
Mercy Prime 65+ FAQs
Mercy 65 Prime+ is the new primary care practice for Medicare beneficiaries. It’s a primary care practice specially designed to meet the unique needs of Medicare patients.
- As a 65 Prime+ patient, you’ll get extended visit times to make sure your concerns can be fully addressed without you or your doctor feeling hurried.
- You’ll be seen more frequently to keep chronic conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease under control.
- Our primary care physicians for senior patients are intensely focused on helping you meet your individual wellness goals and identifying problems early before they can affect your health.
- You’ll be able to get a routine appointment within a week.
- For urgent concerns or acute conditions, you’ll be scheduled within 1 business day.
- The foundation of the care team is a Mercy primary care physician solely dedicated to caring for Medicare patients.
- Each physician is supported by a registered nurse and a care navigator.
- The nurse provides clinical support to patients during clinic visits and care between visits.
- The care navigator helps coordinate all other aspects of the patient’s care.
The care navigator helps with all care needs during and outside of visits. This team member:
- Coordinates referrals to specialists, therapists or other providers
- Sets up tests or procedures
- Obtains prescriptions and medical equipment
- Makes sure that all preventive care like immunizations, lab tests, and cancer screenings are obtained
- Seamlessly coordinates care when significant events occur, including emergency room or hospital visits
- Our practices provide complete senior-focused primary care including all wellness care, chronic condition management and acute or urgent care.
- Lab services are readily available in or near the practice.
- Diagnostic testing such as imaging or cardiac testing happen at existing Mercy facilities.
- Patients with a Mercy specialist or other specialist will continue their care with them.
No; geriatrics typically involves a one-time or occasional consultation visit for older adults. Mercy 65 Prime+ provides continuous primary care for our patients.
Our physicians may be trained in either internal medicine or family medicine, but all our physicians are experienced in and passionate about caring for older adults.