Inspira opens expanded primary care office in Millville

Millville patients looking for a primary care appointment may find a shorter wait now that Inspira Health has moved its office into a much larger space at Union Lake Crossing Shopping Center. The new Inspira Medical Group Primary Care Millville site at 2148 North 2nd Street, Suite A, replaced a 2,000-square-foot footprint with more than 9,000 square feet, a move designed to add capacity where Cumberland County residents already struggle to find care.

Inspira marked the opening on Sept. 10, 2024, after investing about $5 million to relocate and develop the office in a former Pier 1 Imports store. The practice opened with four physicians and was expected to reach six clinicians by the end of September 2024, a staffing change that could make a real difference for annual checkups, sick visits and follow-up care for chronic conditions.

Amy Mansue, Inspira’s president and CEO, said the move responded to growing demand and was intended to provide a more accessible, modern patient experience. The office’s services are basic but essential: annual checkups, diagnosis and treatment of acute illness, in-office lab draws, chronic-disease management, preventive screenings, counseling and specialist referrals. For families trying to keep routine care local, those services can determine whether a problem is handled early in Millville or pushed into an emergency room visit elsewhere.

The opening also underscored the health-care pressure already on Cumberland County. Rutgers researchers have said the county ranks 21st out of 21 New Jersey counties for health outcomes and described it as the state’s poorest and least healthy county. County health reporting says large parts of western Cumberland County have zero primary care providers, leaving some residents with few nearby options for routine medicine.

Statewide, the shortage is part of a broader pattern. A 2024 report cited by Rutgers and WHYY found New Jersey has about 17 primary care physicians per 100,000 people and ranks 48th out of 50 states in primary care spending. Against that backdrop, Inspira’s expansion in Millville is less about a new building than about keeping more appointments, follow-ups and preventive care inside Cumberland County.

Leadership and community partners joined the opening, including Millville Mayor Benjamin Romanik, Assemblyman Antwan McClellan, Scott Wagner, M.D., Warren Moore and Gary Galloway. Inspira said the relocation was part of a larger effort to strengthen access to essential care across Salem and Cumberland counties, and in Millville that meant a larger front door for residents who need primary care now, not later.