Family Medical Center

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Family Medical Center

The Family Medical Center is a designated rural health clinic owned and operated by Lawrence Healthcare. As a designated rural health clinic, health care is provided to persons in an underserved area and is required to have an advanced practice nurse on hand seeing patients 50% of the time the clinic is open. Providers offer specialty care including pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine and diabetic care, to name a few.

Internal medicine specialist, Dr. Paul Vellozo, is our clinic medical director. Dr. Vellozo, Dr. Kevin Diamond, Dr. Samantha Hatfield, Dr. Leisa Spence, Sandra Howard APRN and Sara Woodson APRN provide medical care for the clinic.

We accept all major insurance as well as Medicare and Medicaid. A sliding fee schedule is also available. The clinic is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Walk in sick call is available between 8:00-9:00 daily. 

Providers see patients in the office but also serve patients in Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation. They are dedicated to their patients and committed to providing excellent healthcare.

Family Medical Center is here to serve the whole family. We are located inside Lawrence Memorial Hospital in the Emergency Room entrance. Our Board Certified doctors are some of the best available in Northeast Arkansas whose main goal is to serve their community.

For an appointment call (870) 886-3211.

Rural Health Clinic

What is a rural health clinic? A rural health clinic is a special clinic that is staffed by a physician or a registered nurse practitioner with advanced education and clinical training in a special health care area. 

Our providers provide individualized care, focusing not only on health problems, but also on the effects health problems have on people and their families explain the details of health problems, medications, and other topics to help people fully understand how to take care of themselves ask about people’s worries and concerns about their health and their health care needs emphasize wellness. Our goal is to treat your family as we would wish our family to be treated.

We will prepare and submit claims and help with any questions you have. Non-insured patients are encouraged to make prior arrangements with the clinic manager for payment. If you have questions about your bill, you may call or come by.We accept Medicare and Medicaid assignment. We honor BC/BS, SHARP, QualChoice, and Tricare providers.

Family Medical Center: 

1309 West Main Street

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476 

Phone: (870) 886-3211 

Fax:(870) 886-9027