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PrEP and PEP Prescribed Without a Separate Specialist

Cahaba Medical Care holds the standing capacity to prescribe both PrEP and PEP directly, no outside referral to a separate infectious disease or prevention clinic required. For anyone paying on a sliding scale and needing ongoing prevention medication without a dedicated HIV provider, that continuity inside one practice is the practical answer.

Hepatitis C Testing Extends the Standard Panel Here

Beyond gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, Cahaba Medical Care tests for hepatitis C. A bloodborne infection that often goes undetected without a specific order. That single addition to the panel means a visit surfaces risk that a four-test screen would leave invisible.

Every Service Runs to Zero Cost

Unpaid balances and mid-care cost calculations push people out before treatment is complete. Aletheia House charges nothing (no fee for the test, no fee for the follow-up, no fee for STI treatment) so care doesn't stall between diagnosis and resolution.

Aletheia House carries both PrEP and PEP, and covers PrEP at no cost for uninsured patients. That combination means daily HIV prevention medication (including initiation, monitoring, and continuation) stays within one practice rather than splitting across separate providers.

Hepatitis C Treatment Delivered Here, Start to Finish

For someone without a regular provider or specialist access, Aletheia House's standing capacity to treat hepatitis C on-site is the practical difference between a diagnosis that clears and one that lingers. Antiviral treatment happens here, not at a facility to be identified later.

Tagalog-Speaking Care, Unmediated

Lyons Primary Care delivers care in Tagalog, meaning clinical conversations (about symptoms, treatment, and next steps) happen in that language without any layer in between. The result is that nothing gets simplified or deferred because of how it had to be communicated.

Herpes and Hepatitis Added to the Standard Panel

The panel at Lyons Primary Care includes herpes and hepatitis A, B, and C alongside the core four bacterial STIs and HIV. infections in a single appointment. Catching hepatitis C, in particular, enables on-site management of an infection that often goes undetected without explicit testing.

Herpes Testing Folded Into the Standard Visit

Where the standard four-infection workup ends, Jefferson County's panel keeps going. Herpes testing is ordered and processed through the same appointment, not scheduled separately. The result is a single clinical encounter that captures infections other departmental panels leave for follow-up.

DoxyPEP Is Prescribed and Monitored Here

Without access to DoxyPEP at the point of care, the gap between exposure and prevention can stretch across multiple appointments and providers. Leaving someone unprotected during that window. Jefferson County Department of Health prescribes and manages DoxyPEP directly, closing that gap within the clinic's own care structure.

Zero-Fee Care Backed by Medicaid and Medicare Billing

The no-cost outcome is produced by a layered billing structure: Medicaid and Medicare are billed for covered patients, sliding-scale fees apply to others, and the clinic absorbs remaining costs so that the patient's out-of-pocket exposure reaches zero. No service is withheld while payment is sorted.

Herpes, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C Also Tested

Oak Street Health tests for herpes and both hepatitis B and C alongside the bacterial STIs and HIV, infection types on one appointment. Catching hepatitis C early, before symptoms appear, is when antiviral treatment is most effective at clearing the infection.

PrEP and PEP Available Where Many Clinics Stop

Plenty of testing sites hand off prevention prescribing entirely: Oak Street Health in Birmingham carries both PrEP and PEP on-site, so the same provider who orders your panel can initiate or manage a prevention regimen without sending you elsewhere.

Spanish-Language Care, Faster Clinical Follow-Through

Clinical staff at Oak Street Health conduct visits in Spanish, which means test results, treatment instructions, and prevention counseling land with full precision. Nothing filtered through a secondary layer before it reaches you.