JONESBORO, Ark. — NEA Baptist Clinic acquired Smith Medical Group at 527 N. 6th Street in Blytheville on Monday.
“We are extremely excited to welcome Smith Medical Group to our primary care network,” said Melanie Edens, chief operating officer for NEA Baptist. “Dr. Smith has been a staple of health care in Mississippi county for 54 years. This merger will help bolster our primary care footprint and continue to build on Dr. Smith’s legacy.
The new clinic, now known as NEA Baptist Blytheville Clinic, will not see patients between Nov. 11 and 15, but staff will be available to answer calls. NEA Baptist Blytheville Clinic will reopen for patient appointments on Nov. 18. The hours of operation will continue to be Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dr. Ronny Smith will continue with the group. NEA Baptist plans to add new clinicians to the group. For more information, please call 870-763-4541.
NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, NEA Baptist Clinic and NEA Baptist Fowler Family Center for Cancer Care became affiliated with Baptist Memorial Health Care in 2007. The 228-bed NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital offers cancer care, heart care through the Heart Center, labor and delivery services through the hospital’s Women’s Center, inpatient and outpatient services, emergency care and surgical services, such as weight loss surgery, neurology, respiratory care and pulmonary rehabilitation. More than 200 NEA Baptist Clinic providers practice in 35-plus specialties and offer a wealth of services, from pediatrics to orthopedics. For more information about NEA Baptist, please call 870-936-1000 or visit www.baptistonline.org/locations/nea.
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It’s good good to see one that isn’t being absorbed by St. Bernards. NEA is better all around but one would think that having two large health care providers would be good for the customers. Unfortunately the consolidation of resources limits options as people are sent to the hospital their doctor is associated with or the one their insurance will pay for.