Open and ready for patients at Quick Care Tahoe.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Dr. Steven Leman, a long-time physician on the South Shore, has opened Quick Care Tahoe to fill a need for immediate, appointment-less care after the closing of Tahoe Urgent Care and retirement of Dr. Henning Mehrens.
Located near the Y in South Lake Tahoe, Quick Care Tahoe offers medical access seven days/week from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. without the need for appointments. It is privately owned by Dr. Leman and his partners Sean Bishop and Jonathan Raymond.
Quick Care Tahoe is in the process of being able to accept to insurance and offers services at a discount, making it an affordable option for medical care. They can do x-rays and have a physician and medical assistant on site daily.
Dr. Clint Purvance, Dr. Henning Mehrens, and Dr. Leonard Holmgren when Mehrens received Doctor of the Year in 2015
Henning Mehrens, MD, has spent over 45 years keeping the South Lake Tahoe community healthy and will be missed as he retires and is off to the next chapter of his life.
Both through his private practice as well as at Tahoe Urgent Care, Dr. Mehrens worked both tirelessly and passionately for those he cared for. Besides maintaining those offices he was also the medical director of the Skilled Nursing Facility at Barton Memorial Hospital.
“It has been an extreme pleasure to have served our community’s medical needs,” said Dr. Mehrens. He shared that he will deeply miss Lake Tahoe, however he looks forward to spending time with his family in their new hometown of Austin, Texas.