Medical office that provides non-emergency care

Description

Outpatient health clinic offering preventative, diagnostic (exam or test) and treatment services

Some clinics are certified as Health Care Homes, where primary care providers, families and patients work together to support wellness and improve health outcomes. The Minnesota Department of Health website provides a complete list of Health Care Home Clinics along with an online map of these clinics in Minnesota.

Additional Information

Services include:

• Health maintenance and preventative services
• Child wellness care and sports physicals
• Physical exams, immunizations, screenings
• Specialized care for adults and children
• Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) treatment
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum evaluation and treatment
• Chronic disease management
• Chemical health services
• HIV and hepatitis C treatment and prevention

About This Location

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) provide free and low-cost clinics in underserved areas, typically inner-cities and rural areas. They are designed to serve people who have limited access to healthcare such as the uninsured and underinsured, immigrants, migrant workers and people who live in public housing or are homeless. These medical clinics are paid for by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Federally Qualified Health Centers provide:

• Checkups when you are well
• Treatment when you are sick
• Complete care when you are pregnant
• Immunizations and checkups for your children
• Dental care and prescription drugs for your family
• Mental health and substance abuse care if you need it

This clinic participates in Reach Out and Read Minnesota. Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based program in which pediatric healthcare providers give books and developmental guidance to children and their families at routine well-child visits from infancy through age five. Reach Out and Read is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and The American Academy of Family Physicians.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Anoka County
  • Carver County
  • Dakota County
  • Hennepin County
  • Ramsey County
  • Scott County
  • Washington County

• Evidence-Based Programs
  • Reach Out and Read clinic

• Licenses and Certifications
  • Federally Qualified Health Center

• Payment
  • Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
  • Private pay
  • Sliding fee scale

• Specialization
  • Native American Community
  • People with low income

Eligibility

People of any age with or without health insurance

Fee

Accepts Medical Assistance (MA), Medicare and many types of insurance

For people without insurance, fees adjusted based on ability to pay (sliding fee scale).