Podcast: Grassroots Advocacy Veteran Dr. Jonathan Halpert
Urgent Care Leadership Podcast
Dr. Halpert is the co-chair of the Government Affairs Committee of the Northeast Regional Urgent Care Association (NERUCA) and has over a decade of experience influencing state legislation and regulation. Learn how this got started, meet the key players, discover what they've learned along the way, and his vision of what the future holds for Urgent Care advocacy.
A burst of startups in 401(k) plans came out of tax credits, state mandates
Pensions & Investments Online
Jonathan Halpert, owner and chief medical officer of independent urgent care practice Priority 1 Urgent Care, is looking to have a retirement plan in place for his staff of 15 full- and part-time employees by midsummer for a variety of reasons, beginning with his own desire to see employees start saving for retirement sooner than he did.
SBDC Success Story
New York Small Business Development Center
After initially graduating from college with a degree in geology, Jonathan Halpert found himself increasingly engaged in the emergency medical services field. Ultimately discovering a passion for practicing medicine, he went on to medical school and, following graduation from Albany Medical College…
Officials ask people to avoid emergency services for mild COVID symptoms
News 10
ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — As COVID cases increase and emergency rooms get crowded, a local hospital is asking to check your symptoms first to see where you need to go for care. Albany County reported on Thursday the second consecutive day of daily infections above 400.
Priority 1 Urgent Care puts hold on growth plans because of the pandemic
Albany Business Review
Priority 1 Urgent Care was having a fairly strong first year despite a competitive local market for walk-in health clinics. Dr. Jonathan Halpert opened the Guilderland center in April 2019 and was looking at a positive trajectory the following February, with plans for additional locations in the coming years.
Urgent-care center in Guilderland offers COVID-19 testing
THE ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE Regional
ALBANY COUNTY — “We are learning this thing literally from the inside out,” said Jonathan Halpert, M.D….
The number of 20-Somethings with Coronavirus in Albany County might surprise you
Times Union
As cases rise, Guilderland urgent care center begins offering testing…
Albany County officials announce additional coronavirus testing site to open in Guilderland
News 10
During his daily coronavirus briefing, Albany County Executive Dan…
New urgent care in Hamilton Square mall receives accreditation
THE ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE Community
GUILDERLAND — Priority 1 Urgent Care, which opened in Hamilton Square in April, has received accreditation from the Urgent Care Association…
Area’s first accredited urgent care opens in Guilderland
Capital Region Chamber
On Thursday, September 26 the Chamber along with many supporters took part in the opening of Priority 1 Urgent Care, the first Urgent Care Association accredited urgent care in the Capital Region…
Doctor invests $1 million to open Guilderland urgent care, with plans for more
Albany Business Review
"Health care, at the end of the day, is not best served by large corporate entities," said Dr. Jonathan Halpert, who was previously the medical director for…
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