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PrEP and PEP Available Without a Separate Provider

MercyOne carries both PrEP and PEP as standing services, including a dedicated PrEP program for uninsured patients, so anyone without a regular prescribing provider doesn't need to piece together care across multiple practices. Coverage, cost assistance, and the prescription itself are all handled at this clinic.

Hepatitis C Treatment Runs Through This Clinic

Direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C are prescribed and managed at MercyOne, not handed off after a reactive result. That means the treatment relationship, monitoring included, stays within the same clinic where the hepatitis C test was run.

Herpes and Hepatitis B Testing Extend the Standard Panel

MercyOne tests for herpes simplex and both hepatitis B and C alongside the gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV panel. Eight infections in total. Because hepatitis B and herpes are frequently excluded from basic STI panels, that coverage closes a diagnostic gap that would otherwise require a second appointment elsewhere.

Truvada, Descovy, and Cabenuva Are on the Table

Both PrEP and PEP are prescribed and managed at UCS Healthcare in West Des Moines: meaning the HIV-prevention regimen, the follow-up lab work, and any dosing adjustments stay within the same practice rather than scattering across separate providers. Continuity in monitoring is what turns a prescription into a functioning prevention plan.

Hepatitis C on the Panel Closes a Common Gap

Hepatitis C often travels alongside other infections, and catching it at a separate appointment, or not at all, means treatment gets delayed while the virus quietly advances. UCS Healthcare tests for hepatitis C as part of its standard panel, so a positive result can move directly toward management without the detour of a second clinic visit.

Spanish Is a Clinical Capability, Not a Patch

Plenty of clinics handle Spanish through a relay, a device passed across a desk, a voice on speaker. At Primary Health Care, Spanish is a service the staff itself delivers, which means the clinical conversation stays between you and your provider, unmediated and complete.

Substance-Use Treatment Runs Parallel to STI Care

For anyone managing both substance use and sexual health without a regular care team, coordinating two separate providers is its own barrier. Primary Health Care holds both services in-house, so medication adherence, counseling, and STI treatment can be addressed in the same clinical relationship rather than across separate appointments at separate places.

Herpes Testing Sits Inside the Standard Panel

For anyone who wants a complete picture, not just the bacterial infections, Primary Health Care includes herpes testing alongside gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV, so a single visit captures the infections most likely to go undetected without it.

Herpes and Hepatitis Tested Alongside the Standard Panel

The testing panel here runs blood and swab work for herpes simplex and both hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the same visit as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV: meaning the lab order is written once, the specimen is collected once, and results come back as a complete picture rather than a partial one.

PrEP and PEP Prescribed and Managed On-Site

Without a clinic that writes PrEP prescriptions directly, the gap between a negative HIV test and actually starting prevention can stretch into weeks of separate appointments. Planned Parenthood North Central States initiates and monitors PrEP here, and PEP is also prescribed on-site. No secondary provider required to move from testing to prevention.

Title X Confidentiality for Minors Is a Legal Guarantee

Title X funding at this clinic carries a federal confidentiality mandate for minors: meaning the clinic is legally required to keep a young patient's family planning services, STI testing, and contraception separate from any parental billing or disclosure. That protection is built into the funding structure itself, not a policy choice the clinic can waive.

No Unpaid Balance After Your Visit

When a bill arrives after care, or when cost quietly shapes which services a patient accepts, gaps open up that delay treatment. At Polk County Health Department, every service carries no fee: testing, treatment, vaccines, and counseling all land at the same price of nothing, so nothing goes undone for financial reasons.

Spanish Spoken On-Site, Interpretation Beyond

Clinics that route non-English speakers through a phone line during a sensitive appointment often leave critical details half-communicated. Polk County Health Department provides care directly in Spanish and extends interpretation services to other languages, so the conversation about symptoms, results, and next steps happens with the same clarity for every patient.

DoxyPEP Prescribed Here, Reducing Future Bacterial STIs

Polk County Health Department prescribes DoxyPEP, doxycycline taken after a potential bacterial STI exposure, which, used consistently, measurably lowers rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reinfection over time.

Spanish Spoken by Clinical Staff, Not Routed Around

Many clinics rely on an outside service to bridge the language gap, which means a patient's concerns arrive filtered and delayed. At UnityPoint Health Des Moines, Spanish is a direct clinical language: questions, history, and results move between patient and provider without a third step in between.

UnityPoint Health Des Moines prescribes both PrEP, including branded options like Truvada and Descovy, and PEP, handling the follow-up lab monitoring those regimens require. Having the prescribing clinician and the testing in the same location means adherence support and dose adjustments don't require coordinating across separate providers.

Hepatitis C Treated Here, Diagnosis Through Cure

For someone without a regular specialist or managing costs out of pocket, UnityPoint Health Des Moines carries hepatitis C care from the antibody test through antiviral treatment. Direct-acting antivirals prescribed and monitored on-site. Confirming infection and beginning treatment happen within the same clinical relationship, without waiting on a separate referral to a gastroenterologist or infectious disease practice.