Usually not.

Student health providers are committed to seeing students, so they do not usually book non-students. However, for recent graduates, there may be special circumstances that would allow an after-graduation health care visit. You should expect to pay the standard visit charge for an LSUHCN provider.

You have several options. 

Board certified internal medicine physicians are available by appointment.

David Borne MD

Angela McLean MD

Sarah Bautista MD

Tracy Bourg NP

You may also elect to see a physician provider outside of the student health clinic. Your insurance will direct you to preferred providers. The LSUHSC student policy lists several physicians as preferred providers. As that policy states, you may self-refer to any of the physicians listed above.

Drs. McLean and Youmans are available for OB Gyn Exams.  Please schedule appointments

No.

All students must carry insurance, but you are free to purchase any policy that meets your needs.

LSUHSC provides a policy that students may purchase. This insurance is independent of services at Student Health.

No.

Only students registered as LSUHSC students can be seen in student health.

Contact your insurance agent. Currently the LSU Contact is:

This depends on your insurance.
If you elected to receive the LSUHSC student health insurance, preferred provider information can be accessed from the http://www.bcbsla.com website -- follow the directions for PPO members

This depends on your insurance.
If you elected to take the LSUHSC student policy your insurance brochure states that you will pay a greater percentage of the bill and will be responsible for a deductible (unless you are referred to a non-network provider by student health) if you elect to see an out-of network (non-preferred) provider.

Most LSUHCN faculty are preferred providers for various insurance carriers.

New faculty may not be listed as preferred providers because their credentials have not yet been sent to/processed by the insurance company. Provider offices usually know which insurance they take.

If you are insured by a carrier other than the LSUHSC student policy, contact your provider.

If you have elected to take the LSUHSC student policy, contact student health before your out-of-network provider visit. Referrals cannot be post-dated – That is insurance fraud.

Have a rationale for selecting the non-preferred (out-of-network) provider. A PPO works to keep overall costs down, which makes your premiums lower. Going outside of the PPO network tends to increase costs, so the referral must indicate a rationale for the out-of-network visit.

For example if you have an on-going relationship with an out-of-network psychiatrist, counselor, midwife, gynecologist, or urologist that would be sufficient rationale for the referral. If you wanted and MRI and Student Health had no information about why the MRI was needed, a referral for MRI would be more difficult to justify.

A wide range of providers (e.g., nurse practitioners, physical therapist, physicians, psychologists) are covered. This information can be accessed from the http://www.bcbsla.com website -- follow the directions for PPO members.

The provider list has the telephone numbers and addresses. Simply call as you usually would.

A wide range of facilities are covered (e.g., ambulance services, birthing centers, chemical dependency treatment centers, hospitals, home health agencies, and laboratories).

Again, these can be accessed from the website for http://www.bcbsla.com

This depends on your insurance.

There is no special pharmacy for students.  Check http://www.bcbsla.comfor available pharmacies.

Usually Not.
Special arrangements have been made for Student Health to provide services to Psychology Student Interns who are registered as LSUHSC interns and Graduate Dental Students. No other interns or residents are covered at this time.

Yes, please make an appointment.

If you need emergency care, you should go directly to an emergency room as the student health clinic is not equipped to provide emergency care.

However, Student Health can accommodate urgent care visits. The triage nurse will determine the urgency of your visit. You may have to wait if your symptoms do not warrant immediate attention.