MY DR NOW, a privately held healthcare company, opened a new primary care clinic in Surprise, Arizona, on February 17, 2026. The opening expands the company’s footprint in the West Valley and is positioned as another access point for patients seeking timely primary care—especially those who struggle to get appointments quickly.
Expansion Details: What’s Being Offered?
The clinic is located at 16329 W. Cactus Road near the Fry's Marketplace, an area intended to be convenient for local families. MY DR NOW says the clinic is designed to reduce friction for patients by offering same-day visits and minimizing the need for scheduling far in advance. Whether that translates into shorter waits and a smoother experience will depend on staffing levels, demand, and how efficiently the clinic can manage visit volume over time.
- Access Model: The clinic advertises extended hours—Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and weekend hours until 4 p.m.—with the goal of making primary care easier to access outside traditional business hours.
- Capacity Considerations: Like many primary care providers, the ability to consistently offer same-day access will hinge on clinician availability, operational workflows, and the clinic’s ability to scale capacity if patient demand increases.
MY DR NOW’s stated focus is simplifying access to care, particularly for patients who may otherwise face delays or limited appointment availability. As with any expansion in primary care, the real measure will be whether the clinic can sustain timely access while maintaining quality and continuity of care.
Healthcare Landscape: Access and Continuity
MY DR NOW was founded in 2007 and offers both scheduled and walk-in services across its model, including services such as chronic disease management and telehealth options (including video visits). The company positions these offerings as a way to provide patients with more consistent entry points into primary care—though patient experience can vary based on location, staffing, and local demand.
Founder and CEO Dr. Payam Zamani has framed the mission around making care easier to obtain, emphasizing the need for “a better way to get healthcare.”
In primary care, access is more than having a clinic nearby—it also includes factors like appointment availability, the ability to follow up, insurance participation, and continuity over time. Evaluating any access-focused model requires looking at how well it performs across those practical realities, especially during periods of higher demand.
MY DR NOW has said it aims to maintain ongoing availability for new patients. How effectively that holds up over time will depend on staffing, operational execution, and how the clinic balances same-day access with longer-term, relationship-based primary care.
The Bottom Line: A Fact-Based Framing
This development is best understood as a local access expansion by a privately held company—not as a public-market or trading story. The most meaningful questions center on patient impact: whether the clinic reduces delays, improves convenience, and supports appropriate follow-up and continuity for people in the Surprise area.
- Accuracy and Context: Coverage of healthcare organizations should clearly reflect whether a company is privately held or publicly traded. MY DR NOW is privately held, and framing it within a public-market context can mislead readers and distract from the real issue—how models like this affect access to care.
If the goal is to examine healthcare access challenges, urgent care economics, or primary care innovation, a more substantive piece would focus on measurable outcomes, operational constraints, and patient experience rather than investor speculation. MY DR NOW has indicated it would welcome a fact-based discussion on these topics, and Dr. Zamani would be available for an interview to address barriers patients face and the operational realities of expanding access.
