(Clemson, S.C. – July 7, 2025) – AnMed and Urgent Care Group have partnered to open AnMed Urgent Care in Clemson, at 885 Tiger Boulevard, Building A. Formerly known as AnMed CareConnect, AnMed Urgent Care continues to deliver exceptional care with improved access to convenient, compassionate and cost-effective services from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. every day.
Walk-in care is available for illnesses and injuries, including flu, colds, infections, minor fractures and more. X-ray imaging, lab services, COVID-19 testing and occupational medicine are also on site.
The practice is the latest addition to the partnership announced in March for AnMed and Urgent Care Group. The joint venture combines AnMed’s skill and expertise in delivering exceptional, compassionate health care with Urgent Care Group’s skill and expertise in urgent care operations, allowing the organizations to leverage strengths and expand access to care throughout the region.
“This partnership allows us to immediately improve patient access to urgent care services through expanded hours and staffing, and we’re happy this will now make a difference for the residents of Clemson,” said AnMed CEO William Kenley.
“We are excited to continue our partnership with AnMed to deliver on our promise of exceptional, accessible urgent care,” said Matt Kossman, CEO of Urgent Care Group. “By rebranding under AnMed’s trusted and established name, we will continue to serve the community through enhancing access to high-quality, patient-centered health care.”
For more information about services and locations, visit AnMedUrgentCare.com.
About AnMed
Founded in 1908, AnMed is an independent, not-for-profit health system serving Upstate South Carolina and northeast Georgia. It is licensed for 648 beds and anchored by AnMed Medical Center, a 495-bed acute-care hospital that’s earned the prestigious Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2012. Also included are a heart and vascular center, a comprehensive cancer center, a maternity center, a behavioral health hospital, a rehabilitation hospital and AnMed Integrated Therapy locations to increase and enhance access to outpatient therapy services. Among new locations for the growing system, the AnMed Piedmont campus and its freestanding emergency department opened in 2025. More than 60 physician practices are also among service sites spread throughout the region. The system has 620 physicians on medical staff and about 3,600 employees.
Guided by core values of compassion, innovation, integrity, accountability and collaboration, AnMed was named one of the nation’s “Great Community Hospitals” by Becker’s Hospital Review. It is one of three systems in the nation to earn the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award from the American Hospital Association. Learn more at AnMed.org.
About Urgent Care Group
Urgent Care Group’s (UCG) Mission is to provide fast, friendly, and affordable healthcare in every community. Based in Nashville, UCG was founded in 2017 to create the leading urgent care company. Urgent Care Group partners with premier health systems and excellent providers committed to expanding access to high-quality healthcare. The UCG network provided care for more than 900,000 patients in the last year.
With the addition of the AnMed partnership, UCG manages 60 centers operating as six brands: AnMed Urgent Care in South Carolina, Covenant Health Urgent Care in East Tennessee, Health Choice Urgent Care in partnership with Northside Hospital in Georgia, Medac Urgent Care in North Carolina, MEDcare Urgent Care in South Carolina, and Total Access Urgent Care in Missouri and Illinois. For more information, visit: UrgentCareGroup.com.
