The health center provides medical clinic, sports medicine and gynecological services.
File photo / Maricela Gonzales
For many students, maintaining their health can seem just as challenging as balancing classes.
UTA Health Services provides affordable and accessible health care for undergraduate and graduate students to help make it easier.
The clinic near Brazos Park offers services such as a medical clinic, lab testing, sports medicine and X-rays, gynecological services, psychiatry, immunizations and a pharmacy, according to its website.
Yvonne Medrano, associate director for Health Services, said students, including those taking one course or enrolled online, who pay the medical services fee through their tuition are eligible for all the services the center offers.
The medical services fee covers:
- Medical consultations with a physician or nurse practitioner
- Six counseling sessions with Counseling and Psychological Services
- Blood pressure checks
- HIV/AIDS information
- Health education sessions and health promotion outreach
- Nursing care
- Substance misuse prevention education and referrals
- Birth control prescription counseling
- Medical referral advice
- Foreign travel advice
The fee does not cover services such as minor procedures, immunizations, gynecological lab testing and procedures, psychiatric assessments and medication management, durable medical equipment as well as pharmacy, laboratory and X-ray services.
“If there’s anything that needs to be done in terms of diagnostics, like maybe an X-ray, you need lab work done, then you would pay for that portion of the visit, which we generally keep at a really low cost, so students can be able to afford it,” Medrano said.
Students that have the Academic Blue student health insurance through BlueCross BlueShield can have part of their costs covered by their insurance. Those without insurance will be considered self-pay. If the student does not have an overdue balance, the appointment cost can also be charged to students’ MyMav account and paid within 30 days.
Health Services only accepts and files claims for students that have the UT System Student Health Insurance Plan. Students with private health insurance will also be considered self-pay students, Medrano said.
The center provides a resource list for students that need emergency or urgent care services on its website. Referrals to local and affordable providers off-campus are also available for students that have more specialized needs, Medrano said.
All visits are by appointment only, which can be scheduled in person or by calling the Health Services appointment line, found on the back of students’ Mav IDs, Medrano said. For the first visit, students will have to fill out paperwork regarding medical history and compliance forms.
“Generally, same-day appointments are available, but usually it’s one to two business days, you can get an appointment,” Medrano said.
These appointments can be scheduled a few days or weeks in advance if needed, but cannot be scheduled more than a month ahead, she said. Students can use the service as often as needed, as there is no limit on the number of appointments.
“Our whole purpose for being here is to keep students healthy so that way they can go to class and they can be successful in their class and we can support them with the services that we provide,” Medrano said.
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