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Every Service Here Carries Zero Cost

Every service at ARcare Positive Connections, from rapid HIV testing to hepatitis treatment to PrEP, is provided at no fee. That means a patient managing multiple needs in one visit leaves without a bill for any of it.

Interpretation Services Woven Into Every Appointment

ARcare Positive Connections offers interpretation services for non-English languages across all appointments. That access means medication adherence counseling, treatment decisions, and prevention education all happen with full comprehension. Not approximation.

Ryan White Closes the Gap From Test to Ongoing Treatment

Without Ryan White funding, a positive HIV test can stall into weeks of referrals and coverage gaps before treatment begins. ARcare Positive Connections uses that funding to carry a patient from initial testing through HIV/AIDS medical treatment and medication adherence support, all within the same clinic.

Herpes and Hepatitis Testing Beyond the Basics

Oak Street Health's panel extends to herpes and both hepatitis B and C alongside the standard bacterial infections, meaning a single appointment can surface conditions that a narrower test menu would simply miss, keeping follow-up care in the same place rather than sending patients elsewhere for a second round.

PrEP Prescribed and Managed on Site

Oak Street Health in Little Rock carries PrEP and PEP as standing clinical services: useful for anyone without a regular prescribing provider or navigating cost through Medicaid or the sliding-scale fee structure, since both the prescription and the ongoing monitoring happen at the same address.

Clinical Services Conducted in Spanish

Spanish functions as a full clinical language at Oak Street Health, not a supplemental accommodation, meaning history-taking, counseling, and treatment discussions with Spanish-speaking patients proceed in Spanish directly, without an intermediary layer between clinician and patient.

ARcare's zero-fee model isn't a discount applied at checkout, it's how the clinic is funded and operated. Testing, treatment, PrEP, PEP, vaccines, and HIV medical management are all staffed and billed through a structure that reaches a final charge of nothing for patients, regardless of what the visit involves.

Interpretation services at ARcare are available across the full scope of care, not limited to intake forms or basic screening. Medication adherence counseling, TB treatment guidance, and HIV management discussions all carry language access, so clinical details and dosing instructions reach patients without compression.

When prevention depends on starting PrEP or getting PEP quickly, a gap between testing and prescribing has real consequences. ARcare holds both under one clinical team, PrEP for ongoing prevention and PEP for post-exposure management, so neither requires a separate provider or a second appointment to begin.

Spanish Is the Working Language Here

Many infectious disease clinics route Spanish-speaking patients through ad hoc workarounds that slow the visit and flatten the conversation. At Infectious Disease Resource Group, Spanish is a clinical language: counseling, prevention education, and treatment discussions happen directly, without intermediaries shaping what gets said.

PrEP Prescribed and Monitored at This Practice

PrEP at Infectious Disease Resource Group means a physician prescribes the daily antiretroviral, tracks adherence through counseling built into follow-up appointments, and monitors labs over time. PEP is also available, managed by the same infectious disease staff who handle HIV medical treatment. Not handed off to a separate provider.

Hepatitis C Treatment Happens in This Building

For anyone with hepatitis C and no established specialist (whether uninsured, on Medicaid, or simply without a gastroenterologist) Infectious Disease Resource Group holds the full clinical picture: diagnosis, antiviral treatment, and ongoing disease management, all within a practice staffed to handle complex infectious disease cases.

Baptist Health prescribes both PrEP and PEP from within the same clinical relationship that handles your testing and counseling. That continuity means prevention medication isn't a separate errand, it's part of the ongoing care already in place here.

Hepatitis C Treatment Happens at Baptist Health

For anyone without a regular specialist or managing costs out of pocket, Baptist Health's standing capability to treat hepatitis C on-site, not just run the antibody test, is the practical difference between a diagnosis and a resolution. Medication management stays within the clinic rather than requiring a separate provider relationship.

Anyone seeking a more complete picture, particularly those without a primary care provider to order additional labs, can get herpes and full hepatitis A, B, and C testing at Baptist Health alongside the standard bacterial and HIV screens. One appointment, one lab order, one place to address what the results show.

Spanish-Language Care Staffed Directly at This Clinic

Spanish is available directly through staff at Planned Parenthood Great Plains, not routed through an external service mid-appointment. For non-Spanish languages, interpretation services are coordinated so the clinical conversation (history, diagnosis, treatment plan) moves without a break in the room.

Title X Covers Minors With Legal Confidentiality

As a Title X–funded site, Planned Parenthood Great Plains provides family planning services to minors with confidentiality protections that are legally mandated. Not a clinic policy that can be overridden. That means test results and treatment records for minors are shielded by federal statute, not discretion.

PrEP and PEP Managed Without a Referral Chain

Without access to PrEP at the same clinic running your STI panel, ongoing HIV prevention requires a separate provider, a separate appointment, and a gap where coverage lapses. At Planned Parenthood Great Plains, PrEP is prescribed and monitored in-house, and PEP is available when prevention needs to move faster.

No Fee Is the Actual Operational Policy

Title X federal funding underwrites every service at the Arkansas Department of Health in Little Rock: testing, treatment, family planning, and prevention education alike. No copay is collected, no balance is billed afterward, and no portion of the visit is carved out. The mechanism is the funding structure itself, not a waiver applied case by case.

Spanish Is a Full-Service Language Here

Spanish-language services at the Arkansas Department of Health in Little Rock extend across the full scope of care (STI testing, treatment, TB screening, and prevention education) not limited to intake forms. That reach means clinical counseling and follow-up planning happen in Spanish, not alongside it.

Ryan White Connects HIV Testing to Ongoing Care

Ryan White Program funding positions the Arkansas Department of Health in Little Rock to carry HIV care past the rapid test, into treatment management and ongoing support for people without a regular HIV provider or the ability to pay out of pocket. The funding exists specifically for that gap, and the clinic is structured to use it.

Hepatitis C Leaves Most Clinics at Diagnosis

Plenty of testing sites confirm a hepatitis C infection and hand off the treatment piece to someone else entirely. UAMS Health carries that care forward on-site, from the antibody test through active treatment, so a positive result doesn't stall into a separate specialist search.

Hepatitis A, B, and C on the Same Panel

Leaving hepatitis off a testing visit creates a second appointment, a second wait, and a gap where an active infection goes unaddressed. UAMS Health tests for hepatitis A, B, and C alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. One visit covers what would otherwise require two.

PrEP and PEP Available, With HIV Care to Match

UAMS Health prescribes both PrEP and PEP, and because HIV medical treatment is managed here as well, anyone starting or continuing prevention has direct access to the same clinical team that handles HIV care if their status or needs ever change.