Is this a free clinic?
Where are you located?
Are you seeing new patients?
How much does an office visit cost?
Can I just walk in and be seen?
Do you do x-rays?
What do I need to bring to my first visit?
Do you do lab work?
How soon can I be seen?
Do you take Medicaid?
What are your hours?
Can you help me with my medications?
How much is a pap smear?
Do you do STD’s?
Do you do Shots or Immunizations?
Do you have payment plans?
Can you extract or fill the tooth on the first visit?
Do you do free dental cleanings?
Is
this a free clinic?
No. Oklahoma Community Health Services
is not a free clinic. We offer a sliding scale to our uninsured patients
based on their household income and number of family members living in
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Where
are you located?
We have three locations to better serve central and southwestern Oklahoma.
OKC - 1025 Straka Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK
Ft. Cobb - 307 Main St., Ft. Cobb, OK
Tipton - 106 W. Main St., Tipton, OK
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Are
you seeing new patients?
Yes, we are seeing new patients in both our medical and dental clinics.
Please
call (405) 632-6688 to schedule your new patient appointment. back
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How
much does an office visit cost?
Uninsured patients to the health center pay on a sliding
fee scale. Based on
your household income and number of family members living in the home, determines
the amount of your office visit. back
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Can
I just walk in and be seen?
Existing patients of the OCHS can be seen on a walk-in basis, pending
availability of walk-in appointments. New patients to the health center must
first schedule
a new patient appointment. After that initial appointment, then the patient can
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Do
you do x-rays?
The dental clinic is equipped to take dental x-rays. The medical clinic does
not currently have a radiology department, but does give our patients in need
of x-rays referrals for that service. back
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What
do I need to bring to my first visit?
• When visiting for the first time, you must
bring proper
identification
(i.e. Social Security card, valid driver’s license, birth certificate or
another form of official identification).
• If you have private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare, you must bring your
card.
• If uninsured, you have to bring a pay stub, an unemployment check stub,
a recent
tax return or a letter from your employer to prove your family income.
• You must also bring all current medications with you.
• Children needing immunizations must have their current record of immunizations
received. back
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Do
you do lab work?
Yes. We have an onsite laboratory to do testing at the health center. back
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Do
you take Medicaid?
Yes. OCHS does accept Medicaid in both our medical and dental clinics. back
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Can you help me with my medications?
We have a Patient Assistance Program where if you qualify we can get certain
medications for free. Other medications can be purchased at a discounted rate
through our Pharmacy Program. back
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How much is a pap smear?
$15 – but this would be in addition to the office visit. back
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Do you do STD’s?
We do test and treat for STD’s. back
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Do
you do shots or immunizations?
Yes. Immunizations are free to children if that is all they are being
seen for. If they have something else they are being seen for, like
a sore throat, then
there would be an office visit fee, but the vaccinations would still be free
to child.back
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Do you have payment plans?
We can work with you on payment arrangements however services such
as dentures, root canal’s and crown must be pre-paid.back
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Can you extract or fill the tooth on the first visit?
Typically we do not extract or fill on the first visit. We evaluate and
do x-rays and patient and doctor develop a treatment plan.back
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Do
you do free dental cleanings?
No. We do not offer free cleaning of teeth. Dental fees are based on
household
income and number of family members living the home. back
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