Name of business: 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc.
CEO: Brigitte McDonald – 870-857-3334
Pocahontas Manager: Kathy Johnson – 870-892-9949
Email: bmcdonald@1stchoice-ar.org or kjohnson@1stchoice-ar.org
Website: www.1stchoice-ar.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/1stchoicehealthcare
Number of years in business: 21+ years
What does your business provide to it customers? Family centered primary care services for all ages, from newborn to elderly.
What are some features that make your business unique? We serve everyone and offer discounted fees to those that are uninsured. We have full service lab and digital xray inside each clinic. The Pocahontas clinic also has bone density and on site behavioral health. Medication and dental assistance for uninsured. Joint Commission accredited and NCQA level 3 patient centered medical home. Mammogram assistance for the under-insured and uninsured. Providers certified to do DOT physicals.
Give a brief history of your business: A grant was written for funding and 1st Choice Healthcare, was incorporated in 1992. The Corning clinic opened on March 7, 1994. An expansion site was approved and the Pocahontas Clinic was established and opened on March 1, 2000. On March 14, 2005, the the Walnut Ridge site was established and moved to a brand new facility in April 2013. In 2014, a fourth location was added in Ash Flat, Arkansas. This also brought the re-branding of Corning Area Healthcare, Inc. to 1st Choice Healthcare. Changing the corporate name was necessary because of the expansion of our health care services into new counties. We are proud to serve health care services in Clay, Randolph, Lawrence, Sharp, Fulton, Greene, and the surrounding counties
What is the future of your business? Our vision is to be the leading healthcare provider and employer of choice, delivering the ultimate personal experience in every life we touch.
Additional information: We are open 5 days a week (M-F) 8am to 5pm at all clinic sites and extended hours on Saturday from 9am to 4pm at the Corning, Pocahontas and Walnut Ridge clinic locations. We have 10 family practice physicians, a pediatrician, an OB-GYN, 9 family practice APRN’s and one pediatric nurse practitioner.
1st Choice Healthcare
141 Betty Drive
Pocahontas, AR 72455
870-892-9949
