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“We are here to help the community. This is where we are. This is where we live. This is what we love to do.” MELISSA HERPEL, OWNER, EXPRESS FAMILY CLINIC
Express Family Clinic o ers primary care and diagnostic services for children and adults.
Express Family Clinic o ers services including: • Seasonal and food allergy care • Lab services • Tooth pain • Electrocardiograms • Employment physicals/screenings • Sports physicals • Vaccinations • Minor wound care • Women's and men's health
Family Nurse Practitioner Melissa Herpel opened Express Family Clinic in Porter—her third location—in 2018.
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Express Family Clinic meets patient needs in Porter
with insurance, since patients can seek reimburse- ment from their insurer, Herpel said. The action taken From 2011-18, Herpel opened three Express Family Clinic locations—in Spring, Conroe and Porter. In 2023, the Porter clinic relocated to its current location on FM 1314 after Herpel opened a shopping center. Herpel said she is hoping to nd more tenants for her shopping center—such as a dentist or ther- apy o ce—so patients can access a wider range of health care services in one place. “I’m really trying to get people from the com- munity ... who want to be entrepreneurs as well,” Herpel said.
Express Family Clinic in Porter requires no appointments and charges a at rate for visits—a business model designed to help patients with and without insurance alike, owner and Family Nurse Practitioner Melissa Herpel said. The need Herpel opened Express Family Clinic—which o ers primary care services for children and adults—after discovering local health care gaps for uninsured patients. She said many patients couldn’t a ord the cost of a doctor’s visit. “There just wasn’t a great way for those patients to get the same kind of health care as those with commercial insurance,” Herpel said. Express Family Clinic also welcomes patients
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