Six urgent care facilities owned by Dr. Robert C. Amster have filed for bankruptcy, according to court documents, the Orange County Register reported yesterday. The bankruptcies, filed Wednesday, include Cypress Urgent Care, Hoag Urgent Care – Anaheim Hills, Hoag Urgent Care – Huntington Harbour, Hoag Urgent Care – Orange, Hoag Urgent Care –Tustin and Laguna Dana Urgent Care. Four of the six facilities are leased from Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian but are not run by the hospital, according to Amster’s lawyer. Amster is the founder of Your Neighborhood Urgent Care, which has 10 urgent care centers in Southern California, according to its website. The other four include two in San Diego and La Mesa and Chula Vista. The urgent cares have amassed $1 million to $10 million in liabilities, according to the filings.
