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AHC Long Rapids Plaza will be opening on a delay (at 9 am) on 3/19/2024 due to a water utility outage. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Services

Medical Services

Alcona Health Center provides comprehensive primary care.  Our team of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and doctors, along with other members of your care team will work with you to help set goals and help you to achieve your best possible health.  We offer acute care for non-life-threatening illness or injury, preventative care including screenings and vaccinations, and care for chronic conditions or diseases including educational support and referrals to specialists or community resources when needed.

  • Adult Physicals and Medicare Wellness Exams – Physicals and Medicare Wellness Exams are an important part of your preventative care.  Your healthcare provider will address any concerns you may have and work with you on a plan for what screenings or vaccinations that you may need. Staff will coordinate your care; scheduling test or setting up referrals where needed.
  • Sport Physicals and Well Child Visits – AHC provides Well Child Visits and Sport Physicals. These services help to make sure your child is on track developmentally and the screenings done at these appointments can catch potential health issues early, leading to better interventions and outcomes.
  • Care for Chronic Conditions and Disease Management – At AHC you have a whole team of healthcare professionals who can assist you with your care.  In addition to your primary care provider, we have Community Health Workers, Care Managers, a Dietitian, and Care Connectors who can support your needs. Whether you need assistance with health education, help coordinating appointments and tests with a specialist, or help getting to your appointments we are here for you.
  • Same Day or Next Day Appointments – Feeling ill? Have a non-life-threatening injury?  We have some same and next day appointments reserved at each location.  We want to make sure we are able to take care of you when you need us!
  • Vaccinations – Alcona Health Center provides COVID vaccines to anyone in the community who needs one. Simply contact any of our medical offices to schedule a lab appointment.  We also offer adult and pediatric vaccines to our established patients, including the annual flu shot.  Would you like to learn more about vaccines?  Follow the links here for some great information – Pediatric Vaccination Resource and Adult Vaccination Resource  Do you have more questions?  We encourage you to ask your healthcare provider.

Behavioral Health

Alcona Health Center offers a team of behavioral health practitioners (Licensed Professional Counselors, Limited Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Master Social Workers and contracted Psychiatrists) who assist patients with mild to moderate behavioral health concerns.  We take a comprehensive approach to care and work with your primary care physician to ensure we are meeting all of your health needs.  Due to this, patients must be established with a primary care provider at Alcona Health Center to utilize our behavioral health services.  The exception – School Based Behavioral Health patients are not required to establish with an Alcona Health Center primary care provider. For more information on our School Based Behavioral Health services please select a School Based Behavioral Health site on our locations page.  For information on MAT/SUD (Substance Use Disorder) treatment click here.  For information on our Tele-psychiatry services click here.

Dental Services

Alcona Health Center offers comprehensive dental care, staffing a full team of dental professionals including dental assistants, dentists and dental hygienists at our Alpena and Oscoda Dental locations. (See location page for more information on services at these locations.) We have expanded our dental program to some of our other medical facilities.  Services available at our expansion sites are available from a Registered Dental Hygienist and include cleanings and oral health screenings.  Referral service to a local dentist is provided as needed.

Acute Care Clinic – Walk-in & Same Day Appointments Open to Community

Alcona Health Center offers Acute Care Clinic hours at the following locations – Alpena Services, and Ossineke.  Same day appointment times are available for non-emergency care for patients of all age ranges for a variety of things like fevers, coughs, cold/flu, rashes, burns, strains, sprains, scrapes and cuts.  These services are available to the entire community. You do not need to be an established patient.  Click the location name above for more information on available hours and the phone number to call to access to these services.

Care Manager

Alcona Health Center’s Care Managers are (typically) Registered Nurses who specialize in offering support to our patients with a new diagnosis or ongoing/chronic conditions.  They work with you, your healthcare provider, and other members of your care team to help you set and achieve realistic health goals.  Care Managers provide education, provide support through tracking and other tools, and are a consistent partner in your journey to better health.  As a Patient Centered Medical Home, Alcona Health Center’s Care Managers also help to coordinate care. If you have had a recent hospital visit or are seeing a specialist outside of Alcona Health Center, the Care Manager works with members of your care team and you (the patient) to make sure everyone has the most up to date information about your health.

Community Health Worker

Alcona Health Center’s Community Health Workers are specially trained individuals who help support our patients’ “social determinants of health”.  This can be just about any barrier that is keeping you from reaching your health goal or impacting your physical or mental wellbeing.  Your primary care provider, behavioral health professional or other member of your care team can refer you to the Community Health Worker for assistance with things like, assistance filling out complex forms, child care and parenting resources, educational resources, food insecurity, housing or transportation issues, help locating financial resources, help connecting with social support, assistance in signing up for and understanding insurance and more.

Dietitian

Alcona Health Center has a Registered Dietitian on staff who meets with patients who need support with nutrition education and dietary issues related to health.  The Registered Dietitian is also a great resource for other members of your care team.  If you access care in a location that does not have a dietitian on staff, your Care Manager, Community Health Worker or Health Care Provider can always reach out to the dietitian for help with specific resources or education materials to support your health.

MAT/Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Individual and group counseling services for Substance Use Disorder are provided by Alcona Health Center Recovery Services. Our team of behavioral health professionals and primary care providers work together to provide an integrated approach to care.  As an extension of this, Alcona Health Center also offers MAT or Medication Assisted Treatment.   Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is an evidence-based practice that combines pharmacological interventions with substance use disorder counseling and other specialized services to improve the recovery process. For more detailed information about AHC Recovery Services click here.

Pharmacy

Alcona Health Center Pharmacy is open to the entire community. You do not need to be a patient of Alcona Health Center to utilize our services. We participate with most commercial insurances, Medicare part D and Medicaid plans. With knowledgeable pharmacists to answer your questions and a staff that strives for excellence in customer service, Alcona Health Center Pharmacy is here to meet all of your medication needs.  A selection of Over the Counter (OTC) items are available for purchase, and we offer a MedSafe Medication Disposal Program.  Sliding Fee Service is offered for established patients of Alcona Health Center Patients.  For more information about our pharmacy locations, see the locations page.

Tele-psychiatry

Alcona Health Center contracts with psychiatrists to provide Tele-psychiatry services.  These behavioral health professionals are located at a remote location but are able to meet with patients in our rural Northern MI areas in real time using a secure connection and audio/visual equipment.  Tele-psychiatry makes it possible for folks with barriers to transportation issues or who are unable to travel for family or work reasons access to care that they might have otherwise not been able to get.  Alcona Health Center takes a comprehensive approach to care and works with your primary care physician to ensure we are meeting all of your health needs.  Due to this, patients must be established with a primary care provider at Alcona Health Center to utilize our behavioral health services, including Tele-psychiatry.

Wellness Classes

Alcona Health Center offers a variety of health-related classes at different times and locations throughout the year.  Examples of classes that have been offered are PATH (Personal Action Toward Health) classes covering topics like Diabetes or Chronic Pain Management, Matter of Balance classes, exercise classes, nutrition classes and more.  Some of these classes are offered directly from Alcona Health Center and others are made possible through community collaboration.  The cost of these classes does vary depending on the class structure, if materials are provided and if there is a need for an office visit.  However, in some cases we are able to offer classes free of charge.  For a full listing of current classes, check out our Community Calendar on the home page.

Translation/Interpretive Services

Alcona Health Center will provide interpretive services for non-English speaking patients, deaf and/or blind patients, and patients with low health literacy to promote meaningful communication and patient understanding of their medical conditions and treatments.  For best service, please notify us in advance if this service is needed.