Billings to serve as Hartley Family Care provider

Jamie Billings, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, will serve as the primary healthcare provider for the newly-established Hartley Family Care of Spencer Hospital, which will open later this summer.

A resident of Hartley, Billings will support the health care needs of people in her home community and the surrounding area, from birth to geriatric services. She is currently the primary family medicine practitioner at Milford Family Care of Spencer Hospital.

At Hartley Family Care, Billings will provide general family practice services including preventative care, treatment of episodic illness, physicals, chronic disease management and referral to specialists. She specializes in diabetes management, cardiac issues such as heart failure and coronary artery disease and women's health issues.

"I'm very excited to join the Hartley Family Care team," Billings said in a news release. "I'm looking forward to ensuring local access to healthcare services for O'Brien County residents and help each patient focus on their good health."

Billings has led the health care team at Milford Family Care for the past four years. Previously, she served as a family nurse practitioner with Dr. Stephen Veit in Cherokee for 13 years.

Billings graduated from Augustana College with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and went on to earn a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa. She received her Master's Degree as a nurse practitioner from South Dakota State University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

As a registered nurse, Billings worked in coronary care intensive care units in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Evanston, Ill. She also served as organ recovery coordinator for the University of Nebraska Medical Center's liver, kidney and small bowel transplant program.

Hartley Family Care will be located within the clinic space currently occupied by MercyOne in Hartley's Community Memorial Health Center. The family medicine clinic will be managed by Spencer Hospital in collaboration with Avera Medical Group Spencer.

Spencer Hospital plans to offer updates about the opening date for Hartley Family Care and appointment scheduling opportunities as clinic operation preparations are finalized. According to a press release from Spencer Hospital, recruitment is underway for a new family medicine provider for Milford Family Care.