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Walnut Grove Medical Clinic — Walnut Grove, MS

Walnut Grove Medical Clinic is a community health center clinic at 199 Rimmer St, Walnut Grove, MS 39189, open 43 hours a week. That is 1 more hours than the typical Mississippi clinic (42 a week). It is run by East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc., which serves 9,617 patients across 4 clinic locations.

Address: 199 Rimmer St, Walnut Grove, MS 39189 · Directions
Phone: (601) 253-2733
Website: N/A
Weekly hours: 43 (Mississippi clinic median: 42)
Operated by: East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Walnut Grove Medical Clinic depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. patients, 27% are uninsured, 18% have Medicaid or CHIP, 19% have Medicare and 36% have private insurance. Call (601) 253-2733 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc.

Patients came to East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,694	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	3,201	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	648	children had checkups
Flu shots	713	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	321	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	901	patients screened
Family planning	280	patients served
Diabetes care	1,594	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	3,018	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	311	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,309	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	466	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	48	children tested

East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. serves

9,617 patients used East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. in 2025. 63% live at or below the poverty line and 92% are at or below twice the poverty line.

Measure	This center	MS median	U.S. median	vs MS
Patients at or below the poverty line	63%	67%	65%	−4 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	92%	92%	92%	In line

Measure	This center	MS median	U.S. median	vs MS
Uninsured patients	27%	25%	14%	+2 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	18%	23%	42%	−5 pts
Medicare patients	19%	19%	11%	In line
Privately insured patients	36%	32%	24%	+4 pts

Quality of care at East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc.

East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. is at or above the Mississippi median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MS median	U.S. median	vs MS
Adults with high blood pressure under control	68%	68%	68%	In line
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	56%	53%	54%	+3 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	37%	41%	54%	−4 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	38%	37%	44%	+1 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	90%	90%	77%	In line
Adults assessed for tobacco use	93%	88%	86%	+5 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	81%	82%	79%	−1 pts

Staffing at East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc.

The health center employs 73 full-time-equivalent staff, including 12 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 4 dental staff and 7 mental health staff. That is 773 patients per clinical provider against the Mississippi median of 911 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 31,675 visits, about 3.3 per patient.