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PrEP and PEP Prescribed Where You Test

Prevention medication rarely lives in the same building as STI testing, most practices hand off the prescription conversation elsewhere. At Infectious Disease Associates, both PrEP and PEP are prescribed on-site, meaning the clinical relationship that informs your prevention plan is the same one reading your lab work.

Hepatitis C Treatment Stays In-House

Infectious Disease Associates carries direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C on-site, which means a confirmed diagnosis doesn't transfer to a separate specialist. The prescribing authority and monitoring are already in the same practice that ran the test.

Hepatitis B and C on the Panel by Default

The panel at Infectious Disease Associates includes hepatitis B and C alongside the standard bacterial and HIV tests, so a single appointment produces a more complete infection picture. One that can catch chronic conditions that a narrower screen would miss entirely.

Every Service Here Carries Zero Cost

Chase Brexton provides all of its services at no charge, which means the sliding scale bottoms out at nothing: PrEP, DoxyPEP, hepatitis C treatment, and HIV care all fall under the same no-fee ceiling. The practical effect: cost doesn't filter what care a patient can actually receive.

Spanish-Language Care Across Every Service Line

Spanish is a working clinical language at Chase Brexton in Columbia, running through the same service lines as the rest of care: PrEP counseling, DoxyPEP prescribing, hepatitis C treatment, and HIV management. That continuity means medication decisions and follow-up protocols are handled directly in Spanish, not relayed through a secondary step.

Ryan White Funding Covers HIV Care End to End

Chase Brexton carries Ryan White Program funding, which means HIV care doesn't stop at a positive test. Ongoing antiretroviral management is available for people without a regular HIV provider or without insurance coverage that would otherwise make long-term treatment viable. The funding is built into the clinic's structure, not a contingency.

Zero Fee Applies to Every Service Listed

The no-fee structure at Howard County Health Department isn't limited to HIV testing: it covers the full panel, TB testing and treatment, family planning, and vaccines including HPV and hepatitis A and B. Sliding scale is the policy; zero is consistently where it lands.

Eight Languages Staffed, Not Contracted Out

Howard County Health Department maintains direct-service capacity in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. Eight languages handled by staff or on-site interpreters, not routed through an outside service. That means clinical conversations, not transcribed exchanges.

When prevention requires medication, whether ongoing PrEP or post-exposure PEP, a gap between the conversation and the prescription is where coverage breaks down. Howard County Health Department prescribes and manages both here, so neither requires a separate provider visit to initiate or continue.

Emtricitabine-Tenofovir on an Ongoing Prescription Here

Caring Hands carries both PrEP, daily oral emtricitabine/tenofovir, and PEP within its standard clinical offering. Maintaining a PrEP prescription requires regular HIV and kidney-function monitoring, and that follow-up care runs through the same clinic rather than being split across separate providers.

Herpes and Hepatitis Testing for People Without a Regular Provider

Anyone managing their sexual health without a primary-care relationship often finds herpes and hepatitis B and C testing unavailable at narrower clinics. Caring Hands extends its panel to all three, meaning a single appointment can establish a complete baseline. Including infections that standard four-test panels routinely leave unconfirmed.

French-Language Care, Start to Finish

When a visit depends on understanding a diagnosis, or explaining symptoms precisely, miscommunication between a provider and a French-speaking patient can mean delayed treatment, missed follow-up, or a prescription misunderstood. At Petro Health, clinical care is conducted in French, so nothing critical gets lost between the appointment and the outcome.

PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP Prescribed and Monitored Here

Petro Health prescribes and manages all three current HIV and bacterial STI prevention regimens: daily oral PrEP with the lab monitoring that keeps it active, PEP for post-exposure HIV prevention, and DoxyPEP: doxycycline taken after a sexual exposure to reduce the risk of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Each requires ongoing clinical oversight, which the clinic provides directly.

Hepatitis C Diagnosed and Treated at Petro Health

Hepatitis C left untreated causes progressive liver damage, and every week between a positive result and a treatment prescription is a week the virus continues that work. At Petro Health in Catonsville, the gap closes on-site: antiviral treatment is managed here, so a confirmed hepatitis C diagnosis moves directly into a treatment plan without a separate specialist referral.

Herpes and Hepatitis Alongside the Standard Four

Mobile Medical Care runs a panel that extends to herpes simplex and hepatitis A, B, and C: infections beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. Knowing your hepatitis status in the same appointment changes what you walk away prepared to monitor or treat.

PrEP Prescribed On-Site, Including for the Uninsured

Mobile Medical Care holds the standing capacity to prescribe and support PrEP directly, no separate referral to a primary care physician required, and covers the uninsured through dedicated PrEP access funding. PEP is also available for prevention, handled within the same clinical relationship.

Interpretation Services Connect Directly to Clinical Care

Mobile Medical Care makes interpretation services available for non-English languages, and the direct consequence is that medication adherence counseling, the part of care most dependent on precision and nuance, reaches patients fully in the language they use to make decisions about their health.