Toe River Health District Department
Public And Government Association
Why pick this one
Toe River Health District provides primary, women's, laboratory, WIC, and environmental health services at campuses in Newland and Bakersville.
Best for
- Primary care, preventive visits, chronic condition management, and immunizations
- Women's health services including contraception, pregnancy testing, PAP smears, mammograms, and postpartum support
- Discounted walk-in laboratory services
- Patients seeking sliding-scale fees based on income and family size
- After-hours reporting of communicable diseases, foodborne illness, animal bites, or public health threats in Avery or Mitchell County
Look elsewhere if
- General medical emergencies requiring hospital emergency department care
- Services outside Avery and Mitchell counties
- Laboratory visits after 3:30 PM when walk-in staffing is unavailable
Specialties
- Primary care for illnesses, injuries, chronic conditions, immunizations, STI and HIV testing, and TB screening
- Women's health, pregnancy testing, contraception, breast exams, PAP smears, mammograms, and postpartum care
- CLIA-certified laboratory testing
- WIC and family support services
- Environmental health and emergency preparedness
Certifications
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certification
- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute standards
- North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health guidelines
What makes them different
- Sliding fee scale for eligible uninsured and underinsured patients with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level
- Avery County campus in Newland and Mitchell County campus in Bakersville
- Walk-in laboratory services offered to the public at discounted rates until 3:30 PM Monday through Friday, as staffing allows
- Primary care accepts walk-ins as scheduling allows
- After-hours public health reporting is routed to administrative on-call staff
- Emergency
- Available
- Serves
- Newland, Bakersville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 130 Forest Service Drive, Bakersville, NC 28705
- Phone
- +18286882371
- Website
- http://www.toeriverhealth.org/
Services
- Primary health care
- Women's health
- Laboratory services
- Child and teen health
- WIC
- Family support services
- Environmental health
- Emergency preparedness