Lifetime Health Medical Group examined a variety of alternatives to maintain its three health centers in Erie County, such as an ownership transfer to another group, but could not find a partner, said Stacy VanBlarcom, a spokeswoman for the company.

Lifetime Health Medical Group is an affiliate of Lifetime Healthcare Companies, which also operates health insurers Univera Healthcare and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, which is based in Rochester. It opened its first health center in 1973 in Rochester and, in this region, in 1978 in Buffalo. It also operated a health center in West Seneca until 2015.

The existing facilities – Amherst Health Center at 1185 Sweet Home Road, Hamburg Health Center at 151 Elmview Ave., and William E. Mosher Health Center at 899 Main St. – will close Dec. 31. The pharmacies at the locations will close by Oct. 25, and patient prescriptions will be transferred to Rite Aid Pharmacy.

VanBlarcom said patients were sent a list of alternative doctors and information about how to transfer their records, information that is also on the organization's website. Lifetime Health expects many of its doctors and other health care providers will establish practices in the community and will be available to continue to care for their patients at new locations, she said.