As many Rhode Islanders are aware, across the state, patients are struggling to find Primary Care Providers (PCPs) as practices close and physicians retire or leave the state. Unfortunately, at South County Health, over the past 12-24 months, it has been increasingly difficult and at times, unfeasible to immediately re-assign patients to current or new providers at South County Medical Group Primary Care. This scenario has left some of our patients in an unassigned status.

We understand that this can be disconcerting and want to assure you the leadership team at South County Health is deploying all resources possible in the recruitment of new providers for all of our primary care locations. We are excited to begin onboarding those new providers over the next several months. However, the expected time frame to begin scheduling new appointments with one of those new providers is approximately 6 months (early summer). 

We understand that being in a state of uncertainty or change can be unsettling, especially when it comes to healthcare. Our priority is to educate you on the options available so that you can make informed decisions on how proceed with your healthcare including providing community PCPs that, as of November 2024, have stated they are currently accepting new patients or will be in the next few months, in our service area.

Please see below Primary Care Providers (PCPs) that may be accepting new patients in the South County and Kent County areas. The ability of a practice to accept patients changes on a daily basis, particularly in Rhode Island, and South County Health makes no assurances that these practices will be accepting patients at the time a patient calls Information is updated on a quarterly basis, and was last updated on November 25, 2024.