Services Provided

All currently enrolled students of St. Mary's University are eligible to receive care at the Student Health Center. There is a $10 charge per physician or physician assistant visit with the Academic Health Plan or $25 for those who are not enrolled in the Academic Health Plan. Spouses and children of enrolled students must seek care outside of the Student Health Center. The Student Health Center is limited only to the care of students, and therefore staff and faculty must seek care from their own primary care physicians.

How to See the Doctor

Office visits with the doctor can be made by appointment by calling (210)436-3506. Same Day appointments can be made by calling the clinic or on a walk-in basis. Students are encouraged to call during morning hours if they wish to be seen on the same day.

Note: During peak clinic periods, waiting times may be significantly increased. Not all students will be able to be seen on the same day that they walk- in or request an appointment. Any student who feels uncomfortable about waiting until the next day to be seen may request to be triaged by the medical staff.

Services provided at the Student Health Center include:

• Treatment of acute illnesses
• Physicals
• Annual Pap Smears (Read Pap Smear Screening guidelines below)
• Laceration repair
• Suture removal
• Antibiotic prescriptions when indicated
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Smoking cessation
• HIV testing
• STD screening
• Diabetes screening
• Acne Management
• Tuberculosis testing
• Hemocult (stool) testing
• Allergy injections (Detailed coordination with your allergist required--Call office for details)
• Asthma management/Nebulizer treatments
• Self breast exam training
• Travel immunization clearance, included prescriptions to protect against Malaria when indicated
• In-office laboratory testing
• Immunizations:
  • *Hepatitis A
  • *Hepatitis B
  • *Twinrix --Hepatitis A and B combo vaccine
  • *HPV vaccine (Gardasil)--for women ages 9-26---NEW
  • Meningitis Vaccine (Menactra/Menveo) protects for 5 years
  • *Meningitis Vaccine Booster -if vaccine received more than 5 years ago, and student under age 30.
  • *Tetanus (Td)
  • *Adacel (Tdap)--protects against Tetanus AND pertussis--Should receive once in your lifetime.
  • MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)--special order
  • Typhoid Fever Vaccine--special order
  • Immune globulin--special order

*Vaccines available through the Vaccine for Children Program. If you qualify, you may receive these vaccines at a reduced cost. You must by 18 yyears old and younger and be uninsured or underinsured to qualify. Please call the Student Health Center for more information at (210)-436-3506.

Pap Smear Guidelines

1. Pap smears are now recommended at age 21, regardless of whether someone is sexually active or not.
2. Pap smears recommended every 2 years for ages 21-29; and more frequently if there is a history of an abnormal pap smear.
3. Pap smears recommended every 3 years for patients over the age of 30 if previous 3 pap smears have been normal.

The Student Health Center performs pap smears, so please call 210-436-3506 for an appointment. Also, the St. Mary's University Student Health insurance plan covers pap smear examinations.

Billing

The Student Health Center provides routine doctor visits at low cost. You are responsible for the cost of the doctor visit, any lab test, vaccines, medications, injections, procedures, durable medical equipment or any other miscellaneous charges.

If you have insurance with the St.Mary's Student Health Plan, you will be billed $10.00 per MD office visit (copayment) which will not go against your deductible or outpatient benefit. The Student Health Center will file a claim form for services incurred at the Student Health Center. If the St. Mary's Student Health Plan does not cover a particular service, then the patient/student will incur a charge to their Student Business Account for the amount not covered by the insurance company. The St. Mary's University Insurance Plan does not cover everything, so it is possible that a a patient on the plan will incur charges to their account. Please read your policy carefully and become familiar with the exclusions mentioned in the St.Mary's University Health Insurance Plan. If you have any questions, please contact the Student Health Center or Academic Health Plan.

The Student Health Center is not a participant of any HMO, PPO or private insurance plan. Therefore, we are unable to generate an insurance claim form to file with your private insurance. We can provide you with an itemized bill, but it is your responsibility to seek reimbursement from your insurance carrier. There is no guarantee that charges incurred at the Student Health Center will be reimbursed to you by your insurance carrier.