NextCare
Christy Lacey, MHS, PA-C, currently serves as an Urgent Care Physician Assistant at NextCare since February 2023. Previously, Christy worked at Gilbert Physical Medicine LLC as a Physician Assistant, focusing on acute and chronic pain management with an emphasis on sports medicine. This role involved joint injections, PRP injections, allograft injections, SPG treatments, BHRT, and cosmetic Botox. Earlier experience includes serving as an Internal Medicine Physician Assistant at American Medical Associates, PLLC, providing comprehensive care in a busy clinic. Christy's foundational experience includes leadership as Chief Medical Scribe at PhysAssist Scribes, Inc., managing and training medical scribes and ensuring accurate documentation in emergency departments. Educational qualifications include a Master of Health Science in Physician Assistant Studies from South College and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Dalton State College.
NextCare
NextCare, Inc., doing business as Nextcare Urgent Care, operates urgent care facilities and on-site employer clinics in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. The company offers urgent care and occupational medical services. Its occupational medical services include workers’ compensation injury and illness management, drugscreens, physical exams, laboratory and screening tests, digital X-ray, vision screening, and immunization. The company also treats various general illnesses, including abscess incision and drainage, allergic reactions, asthma, athlete’s foot/fungus infections, congestion, cough, diaper rashes, earaches, fevers, flu symptoms, gastrointestinal disorders, insect bites, itchy skin, migraine, nausea, runny nose, sinus infections, skin allergies, sore throat, stomachaches and stomach pains, urinary tract infections, and wound infections; and emergency conditions, such as life-threatening, heart attack or stroke, open fractures, severe bleeding, chest pain, head injury or other major trauma, one-sided weakness or numbness, loss of consciousness, and severe abdominal pain. In addition, it conducts pre-employment, camp, school, sports, and DOT/DMV physical exams; and provides injury treatment, pediatric care, back pain treatment, and immunization services, as well as offers medical discount programs. Further, the company offers lab services in the areas of general medical and injury care, occupational medicine, on-site diagnostic testing, select vaccines, and on-site prescriptions dispensing. NextCare, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Mesa, Arizona.