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1. Can I be seen at the Health Department if I do not have any insurance?

Yes, you can still be seen.  You would be offered an appointment time to meet with the Case Manger to see if you qualified for insurance through the state.  

If you do not qualify for insurance, the cost of your visit would be the responsibility of the patient or responsible party of that patient

2. What types of services do you provide?

• Blood Pressure Checks 
• Environmental Health Services 
• STI Testing
•  Counseling 
•  Treatment Immunizations
•  Outreach Prevention Early Intervention Case Management Services 
• Physicals- Sports, Kan-Be-Healthy, Daycare, HeadStart, School 
• Preparedness Planning 
• TB Testing 
• Women Clinic 
• Women Infants, Children (WIC)

3. What forms of payment do you accept?

We accept cash, check. We are able to process credit and debit cards with a small fee.

4. Do you accept walk-ins?

We accept walk-ins for the following procedures:

•  Immunizations
• STI Prevention & Testing
•  Counseling and Treatment
•  Pregnancy Tests
•  TB Testing 

Appointment are required for the following procedures: 

Physicals,  Well Women, Women Infants Children(WIC) & Paternity Testing

5. Where can I get information about traveling out of country?

CDC's Yellow Book (Health Information for International Travel) is published every two years as a resource for health professionals providing care to international travelers. The fully revised and updated CDC Yellow Book 2020 compiles the US government’s most current travel health guidelines, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts.

The 2020 Yellow Book includes important travel medicine updates:

• Recommendations for providing travel health care remotely via telemedicine
• Discussion of legal issues facing clinicians providing travel health care
• Cutting-edge rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases
• Introduction of new FDA-approved antimalarial drugs
• Road traffic safety advice for travelers
• Recommendations for treating infectious diseases in the face of increasing antimicrobial resistance

6. What types of insurance do you accept at the Health Department Clinic?

We accept most major medical insurances for immunizations only, and state insurance for other clinic visits. 

 For more information please contact the Geary County Health Department at 785-762-5788

7. Do I have to have a parent present to be seen for physicals or immunizations at the Health Department?

Yes, a parent is required to be present for children under 17 years of age, for physicals or immunizations.