Healthcare Options for UMass Chan Students
UMass Chan students have multiple options for healthcare. Located in the heart of Worcester, students have convenient choices to access healthcare either on or within a few miles from campus. SHS utilizes partnerships within the community and within UMass Memorial to extend healthcare service options to students. Students can choose the option/s that best suit their health needs and based on their insurance coverage and preference.
Choosing a new Primary Care Provider (PCP)
· Establish with Family Medicine at White City – e-mail Student Health studenthealth@umassmemorial.org
· Call (1800 UMASS MD) – To find PCP options with the UMASS System
· Independently find PCP in the community
*** Students who choose to keep their own PCP are to contact their Primary Care provider for urgent, preventative care and for follow-up of chronic or recurrent conditions. Issues that may require a referral to a specialist or diagnostic testing typically require a patient’s PCP to place those orders for insurance coverage. If your PCP or specialist is out of state or you feel that they are located too far away for consistent care, please consider finding a PCP/and /or specialist in the area prior to the start of school.
Student Health partners with Family Medicine at White City. This is an excellent option for students who choose to establish with a Primary Care Provider and would like comprehensive primary care services located at White City . This is a fully functioning ambulatory family medicine practice that offers comprehensive primary care services to patients in the community as well as to students who choose to transfer their primary care to a provider to this practice.
To access healthcare in the Family Medicine at White City students must transfer their PCP to this practice and establish care at their new patient visit.
Please note: If you choose to switch your primary care provider and establish as a patient within the Family Medicine Practice please be sure that your insurance choice is accepted by this practice, otherwise you cannot be seen. UMass Financial Counselling can assist students with insurances accepted by this practice or other UMass Memorial practices. Their number is (508)334-9300.
If you would like to establish care in Family Medicine at White City please e-mail Student Health at: studenthealth@umassmemorial.org.
Please note: Prior to your first visit in Family Medicine, if you need healthcare or prescription refills you will need to contact your prior PCP or go to an urgent care that can provide refills. It can take several months to obtain a new patient appointment in Family Medicine as well as other offices in the area so please plan accordingly.
Students who do not currently have a PCP and/or choose not to establish with a PCP can go to walk- in urgent care clinics in their area.
BCBS Student Insurance Plan – My Blue App – Telehealth Visit Option If you have the Student BCBS Health Insurance Plan we highly recommend you download the My Blue App through the University Health Plan Website. (UHP) This insurance coverage provides benefits including a 24 hr nurse help line, simple sick telephone visits and prescriptions. Please visit the UHP website, Go under the BCBS site and click member central for more information on how to sign up.
Walk in Clinics/ Urgent Care
There are several local walk- in clinics and urgent care clinics located close to campus. Please be sure to check with your insurance for questions about coverage.
CareWell Urgent Care
500 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA
https://www.carewellurgentcare.com/centers/worcester-lincoln-st/
348 Greenwood Street Worcester, MA
https://www.carewellurgentcare.com/centers/worcester-greenwood-st/
Ready Med- 366 Shrewsbury Street Worcester, MA - https://readymed.org/location/worcester/
CVS Minute Clinic – 44 West Boylston Street Worcester, MA
https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/clinic-locator/ma/worcester/
One Time Med Renewal - https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/services/one-time-medication-renewal
Free Clinics- worcesterfreecare.org