St. John's Mercy Medical Group (SJMMG) is seeking a board certified or board eligible family medicine physician to join their practice in the Union, Missouri. SJMMG is a 150 physician primary care group affiliated with St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri and St. John's Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri.

By joining SJMMG, you will:

• have freedom from business concerns, allowing more time and energy to practice medicine
• have access to more technology, centralized billing and insurance procedures, group purchasing and managed care negotiations
• gain marketing support, patient communications tools and patient referrals

If you're looking for a setting in which you can further your career in a challenging environment, but are not interested in getting lost in the shuffle of a huge institution, St. John's Mercy Hospital may be just what you're looking for.

St. John's Mercy Medical Group SJMMG is a physician governed group practice in partnership with St. John's Mercy Health Care, a not for profit, integrated health system in St. Louis, Missouri. SJMMG is comprised of more than 155 board certified and board eligible physicians and more than a dozen advanced practitioners (nurse practitioners and physician assistants).

Founded in 1994, SJMMG includes the largest group of general pediatricians in the region, as well as physicians in the following specialties:

• Family Practice
• General Pediatrics
• Headache Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Research

SJMMG operates 67 medical practices, located throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and surrounding counties. Practices range in size from a single physician to a group of eight physicians, serving approximately 250,000 patients. SJMMG provides medical care in accordance with the mission of St. John's Mercy and Sisters of Mercy Health System: to deliver quality health care with an emphasis on the poor and underserved. SJMMG physicians accept Medicare assignment, and participate in most major insurance plans, including commercial, Medicaid, Medicare risk, HMOs, and PPOs. SJMMG physicians have admitting privileges with at least one St. John's Mercy hospital, including (but not limited to) St. John's Mercy Medical Center and St. John's Mercy Hospital. The information for individual physicians on this Web site lists the insurance plans they accept and the hospitals to which they admit patients.

SJMMG has a strong commitment to preventive health and wellness. Our practices accept new patients enrolled with the health plans in which we participate. Our physicians manage a comprehensive spectrum of medical care for SJMMG patients, including hospitalizations, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient care.