Medical & Dental Services
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Medical Services: Primary Care, Pediatrics, Women’s Health/ Prenatal and Medication-Assisted Treatment
The Choptank Community Health System, Inc. (CCHS) is a private, non-profit community health center providing primary health care services in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties, and the surrounding areas. As a community health center, CCHS is able to use federal funding to expand current services and develop new programs to meet the healthcare needs in our area.
Primary Care Services
Offered at Choptank Health’s Bay Hundred, Cambridge, Easton, Denton, Federalsburg, and Goldsboro locations
Providers partner with patients to get to know them and their medical history through regular check-ups and immunizations. Our providers are also here when you get sick and offer guidance and support in managing chronic conditions. Our goal is to prevent, diagnose and treat conditions in people of all ages
Pediatrics
Offered at Choptank Health’s Easton and Denton locations
Our pediatricians treat babies, children, and teenagers up to age 21
Behavioral Health
Offered at Choptank Health’s Bay Hundred, Cambridge, Denton, Easton, Federalsburg, Goldsboro, and Chestertown locations
A wide range of behavioral health services available to medical and dental patients.
Women’s Health and Prenatal Care
Offered at Choptank Health’s Cambridge, Easton, and Federalsburg locations
Women’s Health includes wellness exams including yearly screenings
Prenatal care is the health care you get while you are pregnant. It includes your checkups and prenatal testing. Prenatal care can help keep you and your baby healthy.
Medical Assisted Treatment
Offered at Choptank Health’s Denton and Federalsburg locations
Helps meet recovery needs by providing whole patient care with the use of medications in combination with counseling and behavioral health therapies.
Non-Urgent Follow-Up Visits
Non-urgent follow-up visits may take a week or more to book. Patients’ schedules are always considered, and every effort is made to accommodate individual needs. It is essential, however, that we maintain availability to see patients with urgent problems.
Urgent Care Visits
Patients with urgent care problems such as injuries, infections, sore throats, or similar conditions are usually seen within a day or two. If you feel it is necessary to be seen that day, please call before 10:00 AM. If you have an urgent complaint, we will offer you the earliest appointment available, which may be with a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant other than your regular primary care physician. Please be flexible. We’re certain that you understand that it is impossible to see patients on a “walk-in” basis.
Unfortunately, it is not always possible to accommodate every single request for a same-day appointment. To see patients as quickly as possible, we may ask you to wait until the following day, or even refer you to Urgent Care for evaluation. Some medical problems, such as acute chest pain or serious injuries cannot be treated within an office setting and necessitate more extensive facilities. In these situations, we may recommend immediate assessment in the Emergency Department.
Labcorp
Facilities in all centers offer basic lab services for all ages.
Language and Interpretation Services
Lab services are available at Choptank Health’s health Centers/LabCorp, with Spanish and Creole interpreters provided at some locations.
Access to Language Line Solutions is also available at locations. Learn more here.
Appointments
Appointments can be made with any provider by calling the office. If you are unable to keep a scheduled appointment, please call the office at least 24 hours before the scheduled appointment to reschedule or cancel.
Prescriptions Refills
Please do not wait until you are out of your medication to request a refill.
Requests for refills on prescriptions ordered by your provider can be called in or left with the receptionist. You may pick up your refill prescription or have it called in to your pharmacy within two (2) business days of the request. For routinely prescribed medicines, an appointment is normally required with your provider every six months.
Specialist Referral
If you need a referral from your provider to obtain specialty care, please make requests for non-urgent referrals at least five days before your appointment with the specialist.
Record Requests
All requests for forms to be filled out or medical records copied for other providers, work, school, insurance companies, social services, etc., will be completed within 10 working days of your request.
Hospital Services
If you need to go to the hospital, Choptank Health’s providers have coverage at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center in Easton.
Office Visits
Office visits for physical exams and new patient evaluations take up more time in the office and therefore are more difficult to work into the provider’s schedule. Visits for routine care are customarily booked within two to three months of the date of your request. We suggest that you plan as far in advance as possible when requesting an appointment.
Dental Services: Primary Care, Pediatric and Oral Surgery
Within the Choptank Community Health System mission of providing quality health care for all, the Choptank Health Oral Health Program is committed to assuring appropriate oral health care for all.
Because of limited capacity and high demand for services, the dental program prioritizes access to care for residents of the Mid-Shore: who are covered by Medical Assistance or are without insurance; are under 20 years old; women who are pregnant; and patients with medical conditions referred by their primary care physician for whom dental care is critical to the management of their health condition.
The program is also available to individuals experiencing acute dental problems such as severe pain, fever, swelling, or recent injury. Access to emergency care is provided on a walk-in, open-access basis.
About Choptank Health’s Dental Facilities:
Equipped with state-of-the-art dental suites
Staffed by licensed dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and support staff
Focused on children who are uninsured or enrolled in HealthChoice. At this time, due to the tremendous need for oral health services in the area, adult patients only will be seen for dental emergencies or by referral from their medical provider
Partners with local community agencies (schools, health departments, Head Start, social services, and many others) to improve the community’s health
Collaborates with UM Shore Regional Health and Eastern Shore AHEC to provide hospital-based rehabilitative and restorative services for children. The organizations are members of CROC – Children’s Regional Oral Health Consortium.
Services available:
Dental examinations, cleanings, x-rays, dental sealants, fluoride treatments
Fillings (including tooth-colored)
Oral surgery extractions
Root canals
Dentures
Coordination of hospital-based programs
Community-Based Dental Program
Services may include:
A dental screening,
Cleaning,
Fluoride treatment (which may possibly be applied two times during the school year),
Sealants and if needed, referrals for prescriptions and dental emergencies.
Behavioral Health
Choptank Health’s Behavioral Health Services are offered at Bay Hundred, Cambridge, Denton, Easton, Federalsburg, Goldsboro, and Chestertown locations
A wide range of behavioral health services is available to medical and dental patients.
