Immediate Care | SJHS - Saint Joseph Health System

Summary: The South Bend Clinic is a physician-owned, multi-specialty hospital and health care group based in South Bend, Indiana, founded in 1916. It provides primary, specialty, and urgent care services across four offices in North Central Indiana, with its main campus and ambulatory surgery center at 211 N Eddy St, South Bend. The clinic employs over 630 staff and more than 125 providers across 21 medical and surgical specialties. It operates as a privately held organization with its headquarters in South Bend and serves the Michiana region. Phone: 574-234-8161.

Physicians Immediate Care (PIC) is part of WellNow Urgent Care, a network of walk-in clinics offering urgent care services, rapid testing (including COVID-19), physicals, X-rays, and lab work. WellNow, formed in 2012 (formerly Five Star Urgent Care), operates across multiple states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania, with HQ in Chicago. It has acquired several urgent care brands (e.g., Physicians Immediate Care, Hometown Urgent Care, Primary Urgent Care) and employs hundreds of clinicians and staff. The South Bend location would be one of WellNow’s Indiana facilities operating under the Physicians Immediate Care/WellNow umbrella, focusing on non-emergency urgent care services for illnesses and injuries with walk-in access.