Gratiot Family Practice Joining MyMichigan Health

ALMA, Mich. – Gratiot Family Practice and the accompanying X-ray services located at 1910 Pine Avenue in Alma, Michigan will be joining MyMichigan Health on October 28, 2024. The practice will be renamed MyMichigan Family Medicine and will become a provider-based facility of MyMichigan Medical Center Alma.

The family medicine team of Abayomi Abimbola, M.D., Christopher Murray, D.O., Angela Jensen, F.N.P.-B.C., Troy Novak, P.A.-C and Nikki Preston, F.N.P.-B.C., in addition to their supporting staff will be joining MyMichigan and will continue caring for patients at their present location.

“We’re excited to welcome these team members to the MyMichigan family, and we are working to make this transition as seamless as possible for them and for patients,” said Amy Fraker, director, MyMichigan Medical Group. “For example, we will be keeping the current office phone number during the transition.”

On-site X-ray will also be available by appointment to anyone with a signed physician order. Patients do not need to be members of the practice to use this location for X-ray.

MyMichigan purchased the building from Covenant HealthCare on June 28 and has begun the process to integrate the facility into its operations, including installing MyMichigan’s electronic medical record, which is powered by Epic. Practice management and day-to-day operations will be overseen by MyMichigan Medical Group, a multi-specialty, multi-location practice and wholly owned subsidiary of MyMichigan Health.

“This relationship fits our philosophy of keeping care as close to home as possible for patients and their families,” said Marita Hattem-Schiffman, president of MyMichigan Medical Centers in Alma, Clare and Mt. Pleasant. “Patients and providers at this location will now have one medical record for primary care plus nearby emergency care, hospital and outpatient services. This will enhance communication and continuity of care and will enable seamless access to specialized services at other MyMichigan facilities or the University of Michigan when needed.”

Those who would like to learn more about the practice or inquire about becoming a patient may call (989) 463-3101.

About MyMichigan Health

MyMichigan Health, a non-profit health system headquartered in Midland, Michigan, is a leader in providing award-winning, high-quality care to the 26-county region it serves. With Medical Centers in Alma, Alpena, Clare, Gladwin, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw,* Sault Ste. Marie, Standish,* Tawas* and West Branch, MyMichigan also has affiliations with Medical Centers in St. Ignace* and Mackinac Island*. MyMichigan Health provides a full continuum of care across a wide array of settings, including urgent care centers, home health, virtual care, as well as medical offices in more than 80 specialties and subspecialties including cardiology, family medicine, hematology/oncology, neurosciences, orthopedics, pediatrics, vascular surgery, and more. MyMichigan Health demonstrates its commitment to the future of medicine by partnering with leading institutions to offer medical education programs that train medical students, physicians, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, nursing students and other clinical experts for our region. Recognized by Forbes in 2022 and 2023 as one of ‘America’s Best Employers by State,’ MyMichigan is a major employer in all of the areas it serves. In fact, it’s more than 13,800 employees, volunteers, health care providers and other personnel work together to create healthy communities through solutions designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the 981,000 residents in the health system’s 26-county service area. In fiscal year 2022, MyMichigan Health provided $132 million in community benefits, as well as supported its patients and families with new equipment, services and programs with funds raised by the MyMichigan Health Foundation, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw Foundation, MyMichigan Medical Center Tawas Foundation, and the Fields Neuroscience Institute.

*Not affiliated with the University of Michigan Health System.