Townsend healthcare
A local pharmacy supports daily needs, while hospital and specialist care sit in a regional plan
The catalog lists zero nearby major hospitals, one pharmacy, and zero selected Medicare specialists. Mac's Pharmacy provides a Townsend location with weekday hours. A separate mapped facility entry identifies Blount Memorial Hospital 12.8 miles away in Maryville. That mapped facility should be treated as a regional option rather than a nearby major-hospital count, and its current Prisma Health relationship, departments, hours, insurance, and route should be confirmed directly.
Blount Memorial's official information describes emergency, cardiac, cancer, orthopedic, stroke, surgical, women's, and physician services. The county's emergency-management and 911 agencies provide practical contacts for response. The catalog leaves trauma information unavailable, and a distance figure does not answer driving time, ambulance response, capacity, waits, clinical quality, or the final destination for a serious transfer.
Before choosing a home, call primary-care offices, Mac's Pharmacy, the hospital, insurers, rehabilitation providers, behavioral health services, and any specialist who may be needed. Ask about new patients, Medicare or other coverage, referrals, medication stock, delivery, imaging, records, home support, after-hours care, transport, and follow-up after a regional procedure. Drive the route with the household's actual mobility and a backup driver.
Access to care
0 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
0
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Very Good
- Hospital Access
- Moderate
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 2
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 13.9 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Moderate
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 1
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 0
- Emergency Care
- Very Good
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 9
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 12.8 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 12.8 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 0
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 36
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 6
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 11.5 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 11.8%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Healthcare Quality
- Poor
- Healthy Aging Environment
- Poor
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Poor
2 of 5 stars · 12.8 mi away
ASBURY PLACE AT MARYVILLE (445017) · 11.5 mi away
Townsend in everyday life
Could Townsend work for you?
What may work well
- Mac's Pharmacy supplies a named local prescription option, and Blount County provides formal 911 and emergency-management contacts.
- The mapped regional hospital lists emergency, cardiac, cancer, orthopedic, stroke, surgical, women's, and physician services to investigate.
- The catalog's exact hospital, pharmacy, and specialist limits make it clear which calls and visits are still needed before a move.
What to think about
- Zero nearby major hospitals and zero selected specialists mean the household cannot treat a small-town address as a complete medical network.
- The 12.8-mile hospital distance does not tell you driving time, ambulance response, capacity, waits, clinical quality, or a higher-level transfer.
- Mountain roads, rain, bridges, visitor traffic, and a required car can affect prescriptions, appointments, family help, and post-procedure returns.
Choose Townsend only after the full care chain is confirmed
Call the local anchors
Confirm Mac's Pharmacy, primary care, emergency contacts, hospital affiliation, departments, hours, coverage, referrals, and after-hours arrangements.
Map regional care
Drive to Blount Memorial Hospital and the likely higher-level referral destination. Ask about ambulance and family routes, transfer decisions, rehabilitation, prescriptions, and records.
Try a normal appointment
Time a pharmacy, primary-care, grocery, and hospital circuit with the actual household's mobility, parking needs, weather plan, and backup driver.
Questions retirees ask
Is there a hospital in Townsend?
The catalog lists zero nearby major hospitals. A separate mapped-facility entry places Blount Memorial Hospital 12.8 miles away in Maryville. Verify its current Prisma Health name, services, coverage, route, emergency arrangements, and regional backup directly.
Are there pharmacies in Townsend?
The catalog lists one pharmacy, and Mac's Pharmacy lists a Townsend location on East Lamar Alexander Parkway with weekday hours. Confirm stock, delivery, coverage, refills, and after-hours options.
Are specialists available in Townsend?
The catalog lists zero selected Medicare specialists. That is not a complete directory of every clinician or visiting service, so ask providers and insurers about current specialists, telehealth, referrals, coverage, and travel.
Townsend's care case is workable only when the household treats the pharmacy, hospital, specialist, transport, referral, and return-home plan as one chain. Confirm current Prisma Health information and every provider detail, then drive the route in the conditions that could actually affect care.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km, Healthcare Quality, Healthy Aging Environment
Checked 2026-07-19
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for Primary Care Access, HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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