Overview
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.
Treatments
Our providers can help you in your health care journey. We can treat:
- Adolescents and teens
- Adults
- Behavioral and mental health
- Dental Services
- Financial counseling
- Geriatrics
- Medication-Assisted Recovery
- Medication Financial Assistance
- Minor surgical procedures
- Newborns and children
- Pediatrics
- Preventive care and immunizations
- Psychiatry
- School physicals
- Sports medicine
- Veteran behavioral health
- Walk-in appointments
Family Medicine Clinics
- Cleanings
- Dentures
- Exams
- Extractions
- Fillings
- Oral cancer screenings
- Veteran assistance program
Substance use disorders are chronic diseases, like diabetes or high blood pressure. A person with substance use disorder can regain a healthy and productive life with treatment.
At the SIU Medicine Support Team for Addiction Recovery Treatment (START) clinic, we offer medications, therapy, and peer support services to help patients with addictions move forward in their recovery.
We believe this approach is best because:
Medications:
- Decrease cravings and withdrawals symptoms
- Decrease relapse rates
- Decrease pregnancy complications
- Decrease overdose related deaths
Therapy:
- Improves coping mechanisms for cravings
- Improves understanding of triggers
- Improves understanding of underlying issues that contribute to addiction
Peer:
- Increases treatment retention
- Increases patient satisfaction
- Improves social support system
- Improves relationships with treatment providers
SIU Medicine would like to be a part of your recovery. To learn more, visit the START page.
A federally qualified health center
The SIU Center for Family Medicine Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.
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.