City of Athens
Why MC?
Healthcare
Residents and visitors in McMinn County are fortunate to have a range of healthcare facilities available to them. From emergency services to cancer care, to pediatrics and behavioral health, the proper service for every individual can be found in a very small radius of travel.
Local Healthcare
Starr Regional Medical Center
Starr Regional Medical Center delivers high‑quality healthcare to McMinn County through its campuses in Athens and Etowah. The Athens campus provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services through a 118‑bed acute care facility, offering emergency care, diagnostics, surgical services, and a full range of physician practices. The Etowah campus enhances these services with 24‑hour emergency care, outpatient services, an Advanced Wound Care Center, an 88‑bed skilled‑nursing and long‑term care facility, and a geriatric behavioral health (senior care) program. Together, the two campuses ensure that community members can access complete medical care close to home. Starr Regional Medical Center is part of LifePoint Health, a network of hospitals operating in 29 states.
Regional Healthcare
Tennova Cleveland
Tennova Cleveland is an acute care facility with a range of health care services, including an accredited Chest Pain Center an accredited Sleep Disorders Center. It has received state recognition for Best in Babies and BlueCross BlueShield Blue DistinctionⓇ Award for Women’s Services. The hospital includes approximately 350 beds and a 7,000 square-foot, 24-hour emergency care unit.
North Knoxville Medical Center
The Tennova North Knoxville Medical Center is an acute care hospital, offering a rang of services including cancer care, advanced care, women’s diagnostic services and emergency services. It has received the Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention recognition from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. It is notable for being the first outpatient hospital campus in the Powell area for cancer care, imaging and women's services.
Turkey Creek Medical Center
Turkey Creek Medical Center in Knoxville is a Tennova hospital with advanced surgical suites and is connected to the new Tennova Surgery Center via Tennova Physicians Plaza. It includes a dedicated heart hospital, cancer care services, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, 24/7 emergency room and ICU.
Covenant Health
Covenant Health has ten hospitals and over 1,500 physicians in Eastern Tennessee. Their locations offer the full range of healthcare services, from behavioral health, cancer care and surgery, to pediatrics, women's services and emergency medicine. Covenant Health Virtual Care has emergency medicine-trained clinicians available 24/7 without appointments or insurance required.
University of Tennessee Medical Center
The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville is a MagnetⓇ recognized hospital and Eastern Tennessee’s academic medical center. It is recognized by the State of Tennessee as a Center for Performance Excellence, designated a Blue DistinctionⓇ Center + by BlueCross BlueShield and is a Level I Trauma Center.
