High school will host health clinic for community
By Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published April 9, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
A new school-based community clinic will open at Lakewood's Alameda High School next month.
The Alameda High School Kids and Teens Clinic, opening on May 5, and will serve not only students at the school but anyone under the age of 18 in the community.
The clinic, located in a renovated classroom at the school at 1255 S. Wadsworth Blvd., will have a nurse practitioner and medical assistant on duty from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays all year.
"We take pride in the quality of the care that we provide," said Barry Martin, vice president of clinical affairs for the Metro Community Provider Network, which will be operating the clinic. "We will serve people regardless of their ability to pay."
The clinic will offer basic medical and counseling services, but will not do surgeries or laboratory work. It will take blood and urine samples, but will send those elsewhere to be tested.
In accordance with Jefferson County school district policy, no contraceptives or condoms will be distributed at the clinic.
Students are welcome to walk into the clinic for consultation or treatment, but community members will need to make an appointment.
The clinic works with Medicaid, Colorado Indigent Care Program, Child Health Plan Plus and private insurance companies to cover costs, and there is a sliding scale ($35-$45) for those who are uninsured.
"We will not turn anyone away," said Bakken.
Info available
* For more information on the Alameda High School Kids and Teens Clinic, call the Metro Community Provider Network at 303-761-4825. The clinic will soon announce its own phone number.
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