Appointments

Office visits are by appointment. When you make an appointment, tell the receptionist why you need to see the physician or nurse practitioner so that we can schedule enough time for your visit. All conversations with our staff are kept confidential. For urgent problems, call our office and we will arrange to see you as soon as possible.

Our physicians and nurse practitioner function as a group. It is in your best interest to see your provider whenever you come to the clinic. However, with our group concept, you and your family can choose to see one of our other group providers if your provider is out of the office or delayed by an emergency. We believe the relationship between you and your provider is very important.

Yelm Family Medicine is equipped to handle most medical emergencies, with the exception of the most severe life threatening ones. Emergencies are seen at any time during regular business hours. Occasionally patients who have appointments are forced to wait because of an emergency in the clinic. We hope that you will bear with us if this happens to you. If you have an emergency you should call 911 immediately.

Hours

Monday – Thursday 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Friday 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Saturday 9:00AM to 12:00PM

After Hours

If you have a medical emergency after clinic hours, that does not require you to contact 911, you can reach our answering service at (360) 570-7744. The answering service will inform you which provider is on call and will reach that provider for you. The provider on call will return your emergency call as soon as possible. If extensive consultation is required, a fee may be charged.

If your telephone does not accept blocked calls, you must deactivate this function in order for the on-call provider to reach you.