The city issued a permit Aug. 31 for ChenMed Dedicated Senior Medical Centers to build-out at 8000 Lem Turner Road, No. 2, at a cost of $989,280.
It is one of five ChenMed Jacksonville locations, with the first three opening in 2018. A fourth opened in Arlington.
CBJ Construction Inc. of Dania Beach is the contractor for the fifth, an almost 15,000-square-foot clinic in Lem Turner Plaza. It will be next to the Save A Lot store.
ChenMed’s first four Duval County medical centers are at 3059 Edgewood Ave. W. in Northwest Jacksonville; 6841 Blanding Blvd. in Southwest Jacksonville; 9422 Arlington Expressway in the Regency area; and at a former Walgreens pharmacy at 1220 University Blvd. N. in Arlington.
The Miami-based company is a primary care-led group practice that serves low-to-moderate-income patients with an average age of 72 through the Medicare Advantage program.
Medicare Advantage Plans, sometimes called “Part C” or “MA Plans,” are offered by Medicare-approved private companies that must follow rules set by Medicare.
Services include specialist medical care providers, pharmaceutical services, preventive health care counseling and management of chronic conditions.