About Us
Our Mission
The Walk-In Health Clinic has provided quality, affordable health care services to the people and businesses of Whatcom County since 1992. We pride ourselves on our quality health care, outstanding staff, and the caring and compassionate professionalism with which we treat our patients. We offer many state of the art health services, and assure the protection of personal health privacy.
Our Staff
John R. Knudsen, M.D.
Sim Saran, M.D.
Scott D. Tarleton, M.D.
Chris Urquhart, PA-C
Amber Francis, PA-C
Stephanie Linnell, PA-C
Averil True, PA-C
Linnea Cooper, ARNP
Our Services
The Walk-In Health Clinic provides quality, affordable health care 7-days a week without an appointment. Most insurance providers are accepted. Our services are convenient for travelers and out of town visitors. The Walk-In Health clinic is also great for anyone without a local healthcare provider, or anyone who can’t wait for an appointment with their regular primary care.
What we do best:
- Care of non-critical injuries and illnesses
- STD evaluation, management, and treatment
- Fracture evaluation and follow-up
- Physical Examinations (school, sports, study abroad, foster, adoption, biometric, and more)
- Workplace injury and illness evaluation and treatment.
- Specialist and imaging referrals
- Travel Medicine
- Immunizations
- Return to work assessments
- Onsite Laboratory Services
- Care for many other common medical needs with compassion and kindness.
Insurance & Pricing
We are a preferred, in-network clinic for the following insurance carriers. Cash pay patients are welcome and we offer services at a discounted rate to pass on the reduced administrative costs. The cost of an office visit varies depending on the complexity of the visit and additional services recommended by the provider, such as labs and imaging. Please call if you'd like an estimate of typical costs.
**Payment in full is expected at the time of service for private pay patients.
AETNA
APPLE HEALTH PLANS
**We can see some APPLE patients with urgent medical needs only.
We do not treat chronic conditions and are not Primary Care**
ASURIS
BROADSPIRE (self insured L&I)
CHPW
COORDINATED CARE
REGENCE BCBS(No HMO Plans)
DSHS
EBERLE VIVIAN (Self insured L&I)
FEDERAL BLUE CROSS
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH NETWORK
HMA
KAISER PERMANENTE
LABOR & INDUSTRIES
LIFEWISE
LUMMI TRIBAL HEALTH (After 4:30 M-F, all day Sat & Sun)
NOOKSACK TRIBAL HEALTH(If eligible and after Nooksack Clinic is closed)
MEDICARE
MERITAIN
MOLINA
MODA/ODS
MULTIPLAN
PREMERA BLUE CROSS
RAILROAD MEDICARE
SEDGWICK (Self insured L&I)
SHASTA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
SPECIALTY RISK SERVICES (Self insured L&I)
TRICARE (ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS MUST BE SEEN ON BASE ONLY)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UHC COMMUNITY CARE
VETERAN AFFAIRS
**We can see some VA patients with urgent medical needs only.
Services must be approved. Please Call for more information.
*We accept assignment for most Med Advantage plans unless card states a PCP (Primary Care Physician). You will need to call your insurance carrier first to verify coverage if this is the case.
Please do not hesitate to ask for more information.
Updated: 9/10/2018
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