Mercy facilities located in former Walmart
Health spaces
FORT
SMITH and ROGERS,
Ark., July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercy
will continue expanding its Arkansas footprint to make care more
convenient and reach additional consumers where they already are
with three new Mercy Primary Care locations in former Walmart
Health centers inside Walmart Supercenters.
Mercy anticipates opening the three Arkansas Mercy Primary Care
locations by late summer. The locations include:
- 4780 Elm Springs Road, Springdale.
- 2110 W. Walnut, Suite 100, Rogers.
- 2100 N. 62nd St., Suite A, Fort Smith.
The clinics will offer primary care – not urgent care – with
appointments and walk-in availability during regular hours, which
will be updated when the clinics open.
"Working with Walmart to lease these exceptionally well-located
clinic spaces aligns with Mercy's consumer experience and growth
strategy in Arkansas," said
Ryan Gehrig, president of Mercy
Arkansas Communities. "Mercy is excited about the opportunity to
expand our locations in Fort Smith
and Northwest Arkansas, meeting
the people of Arkansas where they
are to provide exceptional care. These new Arkansas Mercy Primary
Care locations will provide great benefits to our communities, most
importantly for patients who shop and use Walmart stores."
The former Walmart Health centers in Arkansas closed operations on June 28. Mercy will offer employment
opportunities to current associates and providers at these three
locations. Mercy will lease former Walmart Health spaces in
Arkansas and will solely run the
clinics; Walmart will not be involved in the provision or oversight
of care.
"Reaching patients where they are is a significant part of
Mercy's history and our care model," said Dr. Lance Faddis, regional physician executive over
primary care for Mercy Arkansas Communities. "It is our goal that
patients continue to receive care that is convenient for them, and
these new locations will certainly help Mercy do that. We look
forward to this endeavor and to working together with Walmart on
leasing this space."
"We are excited to welcome Mercy as a tenant to offer primary
care to communities in Arkansas,
as we focus on our core health & wellness business," said
Brian Setzer, executive vice
president, Walmart Health & Wellness. "By leasing these
purpose-built spaces to Mercy, our Walmart customers will have
convenient access to primary care services where they
shop."
Mercy, one of the 20 largest U.S. health systems and
named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient
experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally
recognized care and one of the nation's largest and
highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and
cost. Mercy is a highly integrated,
multi-state health care system including more
than 50 acute care and specialty (heart, children's,
orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent
care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy
has over 900 physician
practice locations and outpatient
facilities, more than 4,500 physicians
and advanced practitioners
and 50,000 co-workers serving patients and
families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics,
outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2023 alone,
Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and
other community benefits, including traditional charity care and
unreimbursed Medicaid.
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