Another hospital is coming to the Green Bay area in the new year, but healthcare in general is still growing in the area with several recent major clinic expansions or new health centers opening up.
Hospital Sisters Health System will have a groundbreaking in 2026 for the new bed tower for St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center’s large $270 million expansion. While St. Mary’s expansion is expected to wrap up in 2028, other health systems announced expansions to care that opened in late 2025 or expect to do so next year.
Here are the timelines for four new services that either recently became available in Green Bay or the Fox Valley or are coming to the area in 2026.
Howard Rehabilitation Hospital
A rehabilitation care hospital is slated to open in fall 2026 in Howard. Lifepoint Health is building Howard Rehabilitation Hospital in the 100 block of South Taylor Street. The inpatient hospital will have 40 beds to provide rehab and recovery care from strokes, traumatic brain injuries, neurological disorders and other injuries and disorders.
Lifepoint opened similar rehab hospitals in Oak Creek and Fitchburg with UW Health.
On Dec. 1, Lifepoint Health posted a job opening for a chief executive officer to run Howard’s hospital.
Walk-in mental health clinic for students in Green Bay
Children’s Wisconsin opened a walk-in clinic for students to find help in September. The Green Bay Mental Health Walk-in Clinic is housed in Emplify Health’s Behavioral Health clinic at 301 E. Joseph St.
Kids between ages 5 and 18 can walk in without a parent and without an appointment to talk to a mental health therapist. The clinic is always staffed with a therapist and clinical assistant, and have social workers on staff.
Students can get a therapy session, safety evaluation, and connection to future resources. The walk-in clinic is similar to others by Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Kenosha. The clinic is open noon to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Children’s Wisconsin pediatric urgent care in Appleton
Children’s Wisconsin opened a new pediatric urgent care unit in its Appleton clinic Oct. 13. Kids can get urgent care if they don’t need emergency care but their primary care physician’s office is closed. The unit has a treatment room, two triage rooms, and six exam rooms.
Families would have to go to an emergency department if the child has a more serious illness or injury. The urgent care at Children’s does not offer physicals or vaccines.
Urgent care is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Sundays at 2575 E. Evergreen Drive, Appleton.
Prevea’s new orthopedic walk-in clinic in Green Bay
Prevea Health opened a new Orthopedic Walk-in Injury Clinic inside HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, 1726 Shawano Ave., in August.
No appointment is necessary. The clinic offers imaging, bracing, and follow-up care for sports injuries, strains, joint pain, or other injuries. The clinic is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Contact Benita Mathew at [email protected].
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