Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care Opens New Center in Northwest Arkansas

BELLA VISTA, Ark. (Oct. 26, 2021) – Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care opened a new location in Bella Vista, Arkansas, increasing the total number of centers serving the state to five, adding to its existing Bentonville, Fayetteville and Springdale locations.

As a leading provider of urgent care services in Northwest Arkansas, Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care supports Mercy's reputation of high-quality, compassionate care that helps patients be well in mind, body and spirit with industry-leading NPS patient satisfaction ratings, customer-focused technology and Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC) award-winning urgent care center design.

"On-demand access to high-quality care is one of the most important ways in which we can support and develop healthier communities," said Todd Latz, chief executive officer of GoHealth. "We are excited about the continued expansion of our Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care platform and look forward to caring for the Bella Vista community to continue improving the health of the region."

"We know our patients want convenience when it comes to health care, often wanting an appointment at a moment's notice," said Dr. Stephen Goss, president of Mercy Clinic Northwest Arkansas. "Adding another Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care will give that easy access to our Bella Vista and north Bentonville community, giving them the peace of mind of quality care close to home."

Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care – Bella Vista and all Mercy-GoHealth centers provide care for non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries, on-site X-ray services and COVID-19 evaluation and testing. Patients have access to quality care quickly and effortlessly with the options to walk in any center, check wait times or save a spot online and pre-register. Patients may also connect with a local urgent care provider remotely in a virtual visit, which can be done at the patient's convenience via a mobile device, computer or tablet.

For a full list of Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care locations in Arkansas, visit https://www.gohealthuc.com/mercy-arkansas.

About GoHealth

GoHealth is an on-demand consumer-centric care platform that serves as the digital and physical front door to the healthcare ecosystem. At GoHealth, we aim to provide timely, accessible and high-quality on-demand care to patients, both virtually and in person, through both our technology-enabled and data-driven approach to care and partnerships with market-leading health systems. GoHealth operates over 165 on-demand care centers in the greater New York metropolitan area; the Portland, Oregon-Vancouver, Washington, metropolitan area; the San Francisco Bay Area; Hartford and Southeastern Connecticut; Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina; St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Northwest Arkansas; Delaware and Maryland.

GoHealth Urgent Care is a portfolio company of TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, which has more than $103 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.gohealthuc.com.

About Mercy

Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems for four consecutive years by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy is one of the nation's most highly integrated, multi-state health care systems, including more than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children's, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, more than 4,000 Mercy Clinic physicians and advanced practitioners and 40,000-plus 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.