{"id":393279,"date":"2026-01-07T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/393279\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:58:13","slug":"letters-to-sofha-patients-confirm-multiple-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/393279\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to SOFHA patients confirm multiple closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News 5 has received letters from State of Franklin Healthcare Associates patients confirming closures at multiple locations.<\/p>\n<p>According to a letter from SOFHA, Tuesday today was the final day of practice for the Highlands Family Medicine office in Johnson City.<\/p>\n<p>SOFHA\u2019s Bristol Pediatrics and Primary Care of Abingdon will also cease operations according to letters; both effective January 31st.<\/p>\n<p>News 5 began reaching out to State of Franklin Healthcare Associates on December 17, 2025, after hearing about these closures. A representative acknowledged the request for comment. News 5 has not heard back since, after multiple attempts.<\/p>\n<p>You can find copies of these letters below.<\/p>\n<p>You can find our previous reporting on the topic <a href=\"https:\/\/wcyb.com\/search?find=sofha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SOFHA BRISTOL.jpeg\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/afbbce5c-3148-4a65-a883-d1a57e084088-SOFHABRISTOL.jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ABINGDON SOFHA.jpg\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de34b8c5-b302-4658-a862-3fb1f3e48cca-ABINGDONSOFHA.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SOFHA JOHNSON CITY.jpeg\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a45424d3-cef6-4403-8894-40abddaeb2f7-SOFHAJOHNSONCITY.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News 5 has received letters from State of Franklin Healthcare Associates patients confirming closures at multiple locations. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-393279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}