Sangamon County Department of Public Health
Overview
SIU Center for Family Medicine at SCDPH covers a variety of work, school and sport physicals as well as health screenings and STD/STI testing and treatment. Rapid STI lab results and treatments are available on site. Family Medicine covers a broad spectrum of care for all ages, all genders, and every kind of disease. Your provider will coordinate your care and serve as your advocate in all health-related matters, and referrals to specialists, as well as consult community resources.
Services Offered
- DCFS Physicals
- Sports Physicals
- Child Physicals (18 months and up)
- Adult Physicals (work and school only)
- Latent TB Infection Treatment
- On-site Rapid STI Testing
- Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment for Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, TRICH and Syphilis
- PrEP CLINIC (HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening through the IBCCP program
- Partner Services
- BV and Yeast Infection Treatment
- Free Male and Female Condoms & Lubricant
STD/STI Clinic
Services include treatment for all STIs, especially primary, secondary, early and latent syphilis. Comprehensive STI testing is available for:
- HIV
- Syphilis
- Hep C
- Gonorrhea
- Chlamydia
- Trichomoniasis
- Herpes
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) treatment to prevent HIV infection. PrEP is a daily medication that can reduce your chances of getting HIV by over 90%. Anyone who is at risk of encountering HIV, whether through sex or sharing needles, can take PrEP.
Specialty Clinics
These clinics are designed to help our patients manage their health.
- Medication assistance
- PrEP clinic
- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Sports physicals
- Travel clinic
Treatments
Our providers can help you in your health care journey. We can treat:
- Adult and geriatric care
- Behavioral and mental health
- Breast and cervical cancer screenings
- Early intervention
- Financial counseling
- Infant and child exams
- Medication Financial Assistance
- Minor surgical procedures
- On-site lab
- Preventive care and immunizations
- Sexually transmitted infection treatment
- Sport physicals
- WIC
- Women's health
A federally qualified health center
The SIU Center for Family Medicine at SCDPH is designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center or FQHC. We have a governing board composed of patients and community members to help us serve the needs of the people of Springfield and other central and southern Illinois communities that we serve. In addition, our FQHC status enables us to offer special programs for low income and uninsured patients. We offer expert, convenient care to entire families, regardless of their ability to pay. Learn more about our program as well as our financial assistance options.
NCQA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition program is the most widely adopted PCMH evaluation program in the country. The patient-centered medical home is a model of care that puts patients at the forefront of care. PCMHs build better relationships between patients and their clinical care teams.
The SIU Center for Family Medicine at SCDPH has been awarded the Bronze status in the Advocacy Center of Excellence (ACE) Program. The ACE program recognizes and rewards Community Health Centers that demonstrate excellence in formalizing their advocacy program to make it an institutional part of health center operations. As a Bronze ACE, our health center serves as an example to other organizations striving to achieve advocacy excellence.
This facility is a member of the National Health Service Corps. To learn more visit: NHCS.hrsa.gov. As a National Health Service Corps Site, we promise to:
- Serve all patients
- Offer discounted fees for patients who qualify
- Not deny service based on a person’s:
- Race
- Color
- Sex
- Age
- National Origin
- Disability
- Religion
- Gender identity
- Sexual orientation
- Inability to pay
- Accept insurance, including:
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Specialties
With access to primary care as well as more than 40 specialty and subspecialty health care services, SIU Medicine provides a complete range of care for you and your family. You can find these specialties at this location.
Our Doctors
SIU Medicine is home to more than 300 qualified and compassionate health care providers. Search by specialty, location, insurance coverage or language to find the doctor right for you and your family. SIU Medicine accepts a wide variety of governmental and non-governmental health plans to serve our community. This list includes plans that each respective SIU Medicine entity is currently participating in. SIU Medicine strongly encourages all patients to verify coverage, benefits and which providers are considered in-network with their individual health plan. To find out which insurances are accepted by a particular provider and location, call 217-545-8000.