Transforming Wellness and Healthcare

Discover a new approach to healthcare that prioritizes your well-being and addresses health disparities within our communities.

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About Us

Urgent Wellness is a healthcare provider that launched in 2017 after winning the George Washington University social enterprise competition. Our clinics, specifically located in low-income housing communities, position us to address health challenges in the District of Columbia.

Our Mission

Our mission is to improve health outcomes and patient experience, while lowering health care costs and decreasing health disparities for DC Medicaid Recipients.

Our Strategy

Our holistic approach to medical care integrates patient-centered outreach and wrap-around gap care into our comprehensive services. This ensures that our patients receive care that extends beyond the walls of the clinic into their homes and community.

Our Impact

Our services led to a remarkable 35% reduction in ER costs and a notable 16% decrease in hospital expenses.

Our partners experience significant savings.

How We Build Community Trust

Your trust means everything to us. That’s why we putour clinics where you live, so you can reach us easily. We don’t just treat your health; we also organize fun events like cook outs to bring people together.We want to build more community relationships in more neighbor hoods so every one can have access to good healthcare and good health.

Our Approach to Care:

Urgent Wellness offers targeted chronic disease management and primary care for vulnerable communities, particularly low-income and homeless individuals. Our community-based clinics directly address barriers to healthcare access. Our doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, and health navigators collaborate to support patients. Our specialized health navigators facilitate connections with primary care providers, aid in lifestyle changes, and support treatment plan, medication, and appointment adherence.

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Decrease in ER Costs

Clients Engaged In Care

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Decrease in Hospital Costs

Our Team

Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH

Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH

Founder and CEO

Luigi Leblanc, MPH, CPHIT

Luigi Leblanc, MPH, CPHIT

Co-Founder & CTO

Our solution for a broken health care system

Urgent Wellness turns medicine right side up by focusing on wellness as well as disease.

Convenient, community-placed, Community Health Navigators and Nurse Navigators, and telemedicine improve the health of vulnerable populations while reducing health care costs.