CMU Health – Riverfront

CMU Health - Riverfront is a medical clinic in Saginaw, MI, located at 1015 S Washington Ave. The Internal Medicine practice there serves adult patients aged 18 and older, with care provided by resident physicians and faculty from Central Michigan University's College of Medicine. Providers focus on disease prevention, health management, and treatment of conditions including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, lung disease, gastrointestinal complaints, depression, and allergic conditions. The clinic also offers preventive health services such as vaccinations, smoking cessation, cancer screening, travel medicine, and primary care for patients with HIV and Hepatitis C. In-office procedures include immunizations, joint and tendon injections, pap smears, IUD and Nexplanon insertion and removal, diabetic foot care, earwax removal, and STI testing and treatment. The practice operates as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, reviewed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and is supported by a faculty team of board-certified internists, geriatricians, and other specialists. Clinic hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CMU Health operates as the academic medical center for the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, working alongside teaching hospitals Covenant HealthCare and MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw. Nearly 70 faculty physicians and 121 resident doctors deliver care across northern and central Michigan, with eight locations spanning the Great Lakes Bay Region. In 2024/25, the system recorded more than 94,000 ambulatory visits, 910 infant deliveries, and just over 7,000 surgical procedures, including nearly 39,000 visits for patients covered by Medicaid or Medicaid HMOs. Specialty care at CMU Health spans endocrinology, infectious diseases, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatry, psychiatry, and multispecialty surgery, with subspecialties in sports medicine and cosmetic services. The geriatrics team, based partly at the Riverfront location, cares for patients aged 65 and older, addressing multiple chronic conditions, memory loss, balance issues, and care transitions. The clinic holds a rating of 3.80 based on 56 reviews and maintains a steady record of repeat and referred patients.

The clinic sits on South Washington Avenue in central Saginaw, roughly a third of a mile from Potthoff Park and the United States Post Office, and about 0.3 miles from MyMichigan Medical Center. Saginaw City Hall is approximately four-tenths of a mile away.

As a Patient-Centered Medical Home and a training site for one of Michigan's established academic medical centers, CMU Health - Riverfront brings specialty-trained faculty physicians and resident doctors to adult primary care in the Great Lakes Bay Region.