July 20, 2022 – Mercy will invest $500 million in the next phase of its health care expansion in Northwest Arkansas. Phase two’s projects will include a state-of-the-art cancer center, emergency department and isolation room expansion, additional clinic locations, more outpatient care facilities and nearly doubling the current number of primary care physicians and specialists.
Mercy’s $500 million investment brings its total commitment to Northwest Arkansas to almost $1 billion in less than a decade. In 2016, Mercy announced the $300 million phase one, which included a 275,000-square-foot patient tower, 1,000 new health care jobs and primary care and specialty clinics in Benton and Washington counties.
Mercy will invest $500 million in the next phase of its health care expansion in Northwest Arkansas. Phase two’s projects will include a state-of-the-art cancer center.
In a region ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau as the sixth-fastest growing midsize metro area in the nation, Mercy’s continued growth is critical to its mission of meeting the needs of the community. The new $500 million NWA investment includes:
- A state-of-the-art cancer center
- An addition of more than 100 primary care physicians and specialists
- An expanded emergency department
- An expansion of isolation rooms
- Building out the top floors of the hospital to increase the number of patient beds to nearly 400
- New clinic locations
- Expanded services in primary care, neuroscience, emergency, women’s and children’s, orthopedics, gastroenterology and behavioral health
- Expanded ambulatory offerings to include urgent care, infusion and imaging
Mercy’s phase two delivers many resources that are needed to keep pace with the significant growth of the region, including the cancer center.
Mercy Northwest Arkansas has received a host of awards recognizing its service and commitment to patient care, quality and safety, including six straight As from the Leapfrog Group, top hospital by Fortune/IBM Watson Health and five-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Mercy’s $500 million investment brings its total commitment to Northwest Arkansas to almost $1 billion in less than a decade.
Mercy’s recently completed projects in Arkansas include:
- A $141 million, seven-story hospital tower in Rogers that provides space for expanded neonatal care, the McMillon Family Heart Unit, additional pediatric care and more
- A multispecialty clinic in Springdale with a 24-hour ER
- Six clinics in Northwest Arkansas
- A 22-bed dedicated orthopedic and spine unit
- A new inpatient rehabilitation unit
- Expanded neurology care for patients in both Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith
- A $162.5 million emergency room and intensive care unit expansion underway in Fort Smith (expected completion date in late 2024)
- A rehabilitation hospital in Fort Smith
- A $42 million orthopedic hospital in Fort Smith, featuring 24 beds and 24-hour patient care