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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Got questions? We have answers. Find the most common questions we hear from patients below. If you still have questions after reading these, send us a text! We are can help you with any inquiry you might have — even online scheduling!  

Our reception team is ready to help you! Simply walk-in to the clinic lobby to start your visit.

We believe the best time to see a provider is when you are most in need. This is why we have chosen to be available 7 days a week with extended weekday hours. Our practice can serve as your PCP and we hope to earn your trust as an established patient. We encourage you to schedule an upcoming visit for a wellness check-up or medication refill. Schedule a visit now (Walk-In) for illness, injuries, or testing (COVID, FLU, STREP) that you need immediate care for.

Telehealth visits are scheduled appointments.  If you have an urgent medical need, a walk-in visit will be best. Click Check-In Today to begin a walk-in visit. 

We provide COVID testing through a walk-in visit. We ask that you come into the clinic in a mask if you are symptomatic or have had personal contact with an COVID positive person. We can provide COVID testing for travel. Please note, the Federal Covid Fund is no longer active and depending on the reasoning, COVID test costs can differ for each patient. Text our clinics for more info! 

The HEALOW APP allows you to have access to your Patient Portal on your phone.

Our reception team will help you schedule your appointment at the location nearest you by phone.

  • Searcy (501-279-9000) 
  • Oak St. (501-327-7100)
  • North Little Rock (501-812-6655)

Our clinics can see walk-in visits for urgent, but non-life threatening situations. For example, a cut needing stitched or a broken bone. Our Searcy, North Little Rock, and Oak St. clinics are X-Ray capable. We encourage you to visit the nearest Emergency Room if you are experiencing severe chest pain.

Yes, we are X-Ray capable at 3 of our 4 clinics. Visit the Searcy, North Little Rock, or Oak St. Clinic in Conway.

A PrimeCARE provider submits a referral to our Referral Team. They gather the information needed from our clinic and submit patient documents to the specialty clinic. From there, the speciality clinic will likely make contact with you to schedule an appointment after reviewing your records. In certain situations, you may hear from the PrimeCARE Referral Team directly, but in most cases, the responsibility to communicate lies with the specialty clinic.

Most referrals take between 2 weeks and 2 months depending on the specialty. The speed is entirely dependent on the patient load and current availability of the clinic you’re being referred to.

PrimeCARE submits visit information to the insurance. The insurance company then decides what’s covered and where it’s applied (deductible, co-insurance, etc.). After communicating with the insurance company, statements from PrimeCARE are sent to patients.

Copays, deductibles, co-insurance may be required upfront according to your insurance policy.

Yes, but we understand life happens. The first missed visit is not charged. The 2nd missed visit is a $50 charge. The 3rd missed visit will be charged at the standard appointment rate. Appointment reminders are sent out to your designated telephone number prior to your appointment day.

No. Medicaid works in the state it was issued in. If you have an out of state Medicaid, you can call your Medicaid office for assistance in finding a medical provider that can serve you. 

Unfortunately, no. There are too many variables in what your policy covers and pays for, as well as, what you will need during your visit, to be able to estimate that up front.

Yes! PrimeCARE is more than willing to work with our patients to find a suitable payment plan. Please call the billing department to begin the process.

Most do! Wellness visits are often completely covered by insurance BUT any additional labs, shots, or procedures are billed in addition to the visit.

For our established primary care patients, the nurse on call is available 7 days a week. If you are having a medical emergency, please call 911. If you have a non-emergent issue you need addressed outside of clinic hours, call your PrimeCARE location and you will be directed to reach our on call nurse.

  • Searcy (501-279-9000) 
  • Oak St. (501-327-7100)
  • North Little Rock (501-812-6655)

Mid-Level Providers see patients alongside the supervising physicians in a clinic or hospital setting. Mid-Level providers can evaluate, treat, and prescribe for the majority of care in a family practice setting. Some designations for mid-level providers would be PA-C (Certified Physician Assistant) and APRN/NP (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner). PrimeCARE utilizes this model because all of our Providers are held to the same high standards and work cooperatively within a team environment.

Well child checks are ages 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 2 years, and then yearly.

Yes! Our providers can give a school physical at scheduled or walk in visits.

Yes! Our established, regularly scheduled allergy patients are able to quickly come, receive their “treatment?” and leave without waiting in que with our entire patient load.

A provider may order fasting labs when screening for a variety of issues including things like diabetes, high cholesterol, and risk factors for heart disease. Patients should not eat for 8 hours prior to the lab testing. Water, unsweet tea, and coffee without creamer, milk, or sugar are the only permissible liquids during the fasting period.

PrimeCARE providers are glad to facilitate medication refills, however, to best serve you, some medication refills will periodically require a visit to determine the best medicine and dosage for your body’s needs. Make sure to plan your visit ahead of time so that you won’t run out of medicine.

Yes! Look for PCMC-Guest in your WIFI options. 

Walk-in 7 Days a Week

PrimeCARE makes seeing a provider easier! Our extended hours and medical expertise are here to help with your urgent, non-life-threatening illness and injuries every day. You don’t need a prior appointment to see a provider and we accept most insurances. In Central Arkansas, you’re never far from convenient family medicine!