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PrEP and PEP Available at Every Visit

NorthShore carries both PrEP and PEP as standing services, meaning a prescription conversation happens at the same appointment as testing, not weeks later after a referral clears. That continuity keeps prevention from becoming its own separate errand.

Substance-Use Treatment Shares a Roof With STI Care

Without co-located substance-use services, a patient leaves with a diagnosis and a second system to navigate. A gap where follow-through breaks down. NorthShore holds both under the same care structure, so treatment for one condition doesn't stall while the other sits unaddressed.

Hepatitis C Testing Included in the Panel

Skipping hepatitis C from a standard panel means a separate appointment, a separate lab, and a window where an active infection goes unmanaged. NorthShore tests for hepatitis C alongside syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV, so that gap doesn't exist on the way out the door.

PrEP Prescribed Here, No Outside Provider Needed

Methodist Hospitals holds the standing capacity to prescribe and manage both PrEP and PEP on-site, which means someone without a regular primary care provider, or someone paying cash who needs to keep things consolidated, reaches the medication at the same location handling their testing and counseling.

Hepatitis B and C Testing Alongside the Standard Four

The testing menu at Methodist runs to seven STI-related infections: HIV (rapid and conventional), syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and TB. A range that means hepatitis exposure doesn't require a separate appointment at a different facility to investigate.

Staffed to Serve Beyond English

Franciscan Health maintains interpretation services woven directly into clinical appointments rather than layered on as an afterthought: meaning the clinician, the patient, and the interpreter operate in the same conversational space, covering test results, medication instructions, and follow-up care without a gap in comprehension.

PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP Prescribed Here

Franciscan Health carries PrEP, PEP, and DoxyPEP as standing prescriptions: a combination that serves anyone managing ongoing HIV prevention, post-exposure response, or bacterial STI prevention after condomless sex, all without needing a separate specialist or a second clinic relationship.

Hepatitis C Treatment Runs Through This Clinic

Franciscan Health in Crown Point treats hepatitis C on-site, which means a confirmed diagnosis leads directly into a treatment plan at the same facility. No hand-off to a gastroenterologist or infectious disease practice before antiviral therapy can begin.

Interpretation Services Extend to Every Clinical Exchange

Interpretation services are available for non-English languages throughout the visit, which means nuanced conversations (about DoxyPEP dosing, PrEP eligibility, or a positive herpes result) happen in the language a patient reasons in, without stripping clinical detail in the process.

Title X Covers Minors With Legal Confidentiality

As a Title X-funded clinic, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana Kentucky in Merrillville provides legally confidential family planning and STI services to minors. Meaning consent and records are handled independently of a parent or guardian, a specific protection that Title X mandates rather than leaves to clinic discretion.

For anyone without a regular prescriber for HIV or bacterial STI prevention, this clinic holds all three: PrEP for ongoing HIV risk reduction, PEP for post-exposure management, and DoxyPEP, the doxycycline regimen taken after potential bacterial STI exposure, so prevention doesn't require splitting care across multiple providers.

Ryan White Carries HIV Care Past Diagnosis

Testing-only HIV programs hand off a positive result with nowhere to go for ongoing medical management. Community HealthNet's Ryan White funding closes that gap: HIV diagnosis, medical treatment, and long-term care are all staffed and sustained at the same site in Merrillville.

PrEP Prescribed and Monitored On-Site

Plenty of clinics screen for HIV without the clinical infrastructure to prescribe or follow a prevention regimen. Community HealthNet maintains the prescribing, lab monitoring, and follow-up appointments that PrEP and PEP each require. Handled directly by the staff in Merrillville.

Zero-Balance Care Is Structurally Built In

The no-fee structure at Community HealthNet isn't a grant-funded carve-out for a single test, it runs across all services the clinic provides. Billing is absorbed through the funding mix of Ryan White, sliding-scale adjustments, and accepted public and private insurance, so the cost to a patient landing at zero is zero.