UW Student Health Center Hall Health Center Hall

UW Student Health Center Hall Health Center

Hall Health Center Information Parents Need to Know (As good health is a pre-requisite for academic success)

Services and Activity Fee • Several prepaid services for students at Hall Health Center… – Unlimited visits with Consulting Nurses – One visit per quarter with a Dr. /NP for medical concerns – Crisis Intervention sessions

Services and Activity Fee • After-Hours Consulting Nurse (a telephone service for urgent medical problems) • Preventive counseling and contraceptive advice • Tobacco cessation program • e. Care (Electronic Medical Record)

Services and Activity Fee • Advice about concerns for HIV & STD exposures • Blood pressure screening and consultation • Access to the Wellness Resource Center

Immunizations • Measles requirement is often first contact with HHC • Many other vaccinations available, which are all voluntary • Examples: Influenza, Hepatitis, Tetanus, Varicella • Travel vaccines for study abroad

Meningococcal Vaccine • Fairly rare, but a very serious disease (can be fatal) • Vaccine is recommended by the American College Health Assn. (especially for students who will be living in a residence hall or Greek house • Insurance company may reimburse • Vaccine protects student for 3 -5 years

HHC Staff • All Dr. s/NPs are board certified (“Real Docs” in student terms, instead of residents and interns) • Health education part of each encounter • Providers really enjoy working with students • UW Medicine providers

Billing & Insurance Information • Billing for services beyond those SAF prepaid Done by UW Medicine, which has contracts with hundreds of health insurance companies • Insurance To find out if your company will cover healthcare costs at Hall Health Center, call your insurance company and give them our tax identification number (TIN): 91 -1220843.

Health Insurance challenges • 1 major health insurance company that does not have a contract with Hall Health Center: Group Health Cooperative • Strategies for this situation (& others similar to it)

Patient Confidentiality • Personal health information is protected • Even parents need authorization to know student’s health information • Form available on our website… (Download in the forms section) • Send in after your student has established themselves as a patient

Consent for Care • For students who will begin classes under the age of 18 • Form needs to be signed by a parent or legal guardian before your student can be treated • Available on our website (forms section)

Hall Health Center Video • Highlights most common physical (sore throat) and mental (anxiety) health ailments that students come in with • Many of the services shown are prepaid by SAF (except Pharmacy, Lab, counseling and group therapy). • Encouragement to watch with your student (“BYO Popcorn!”) To access video: hallhealth. washington. edu

Hall Health Center Open House • 1: 00 -1: 45 PM today • Gather right outside HHC building (or inside (front lobby) if raining • Located across the street from the HUB • Opportunity to meet other staff & student volunteers, learn more about our services and ask?

Contact information • • • Mark Shaw Director of Health Promotion Hall Health Center Phone (206) 616 -8476 Email mshaw@u. washington. edu Website: hallhealth. washington. edu