(Ida Grove, IA) – Dr. Michael Luft and Sara Luft, ARNP announce the sale of their practice, the Ida Grove Family Health Center, to Horn Memorial Hospital (HMH). The purchase was unanimously approved at the HMH Board of Trustees meeting on Monday evening, April 26. The sale will conclude at the end of May and the Ida Grove Family Health Center will officially be closed at the end of business day on May 28th.
Dr. Luft noted the sale
came about after a significant amount of consideration and discussion with his
wife, Sara, and family over the course of the past few months.
“For
us, the decision came down to, ‘what’s best for our patients and our family?’”
Dr. Luft said. “We really wanted what’s best for the patients. This has
been a very emotional and difficult decision because the Ida Grove community
and Horn Memorial Hospital have been a part of our family for the last 21
years, and those relationships will always be dear to our hearts.”
Glen Winekauf, HMH CEO, said Dr. Luft’s
departure from our community is a great loss, but we understand his reasoning
and wish him and his family the very best on his future endeavors.
“We are pleased to retain Nurse
Practitioners, Joey Hoefling, an Odebolt native and Jacqueline Ellison. The transition of their practices to Horn
Physicians Clinic will provide a continuity of care for many patients that have
received medical services from the Ida Grove Family Health Center in the
past. Both Mr. Hoefling and Ms. Ellison
will begin seeing patients on June 14th in the HPC Ida Grove
office”, Winekauf said.
