Mercy Enters Washington County Market

Health care provider Mercy announced Thursday it has integrated with health care providers Dr. Lawrence J. Schemel and the Northwest Arkansas Clinic for Families at 1110 W. Robinson Ave. in Springdale, marking Mercy’s entrance into the Washington County market.

The partnership brings together Dr. Schemel and his team with Mercy’s innovations and resources, including its communication system. It also signifies further fulfillment of Mercy’s promise to increase access to health care in the NWA community.

The clinic provides a broad range of primary care including well and sick child care, adult medicine, geriatric care and Federal Aviation Administration physicals.

It’s the sixth clinic Mercy has opened or integrated within the past year. Mercy has also added 34 new providers, introduced the area’s first freestanding emergency department and launched a new mobile health unit.

Because of an increasing number of patients from Washington County who are visiting Mercy Hospital and its clinics and specialists, Mercy Clinic president Dr. Steve Goss said it is important to forge relationships with providers like Dr. Schemel.

“Dr. Schemel has had a busy and vibrant practice for many years and is a natural fit for the Mercy family,” Goss said in the release.