Kingman County Health Department

125 North Spruce Kingman, Kansas 67068

Phone (620)532-2221 Fax (620)532-1083

Fees vary depending on the service but most are based on a sliding fee scale. Medicaid, BCBS, and other insurances are billed for covered services. No one is refused services due to inability to pay.

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Adult Services

• Allergy Shots - client furnishes serum

• Other Injections (B-12, Hormone, etc. you furnish the medication)

• Immunizations by request

• Blood Pressure Check

• Blood Sugar Check

• Cholesterol Check

• Pregnancy Test - If you are pregnant you can visit our Women's Health, WIC and Healthy Start Pages.

• Hemoglobin Test

• Urinalysis Test

• Foot Care

• Dressing Change and Suture Removal

• Ear and Throat Checks

• Lice Checks

• Nitrate water test

• Physical Assessments

• Flu/Pneumonia Shots (Medicare pays for these services)

• Hearing/Vision Screening

• Ear check

• TB Testing

• HIV Testing - High Risk Clients

• Kansas Statewide Farmworker Program

• Health Counseling

Child Health

• Physicals – Well Child, Daycare, Pre-School and Kindergarten

• Height & Weight Checks

• Vision and Hearing Screeenings

• Ear, Throat and Lice Checks

• Rash Checks

• Urinalysis Checks

• Hemoglobin Checks

• Infant/Child Car Seat Rentals

• Immunizations

• Educational Pamphlets & Video Tapes available for loan

• WIC

• Healthy Start

• Vaccinations - Hep B, DTaP, Hib, IPV, PCV7, MMR, Varicella, Influenza and Meningococcal (by special order)

We offer a free vision screen and glasses for qualifying clients.

We accept Medicaid, Medicare (for flu/pneumonia shots only), BCBS, and other Private Insurance.

We do have fees for our services but NO ONE will be denied services due to inability to pay. We believe that everyone will pay what they can reasonably afford.

Some services do require appointments, please call ahead for an appointment.

Immunizations 

Why is Immunization important?

• Because it will protect your child against diseases that can hurt, cripple or kill!
• Here is some important information: What Parents Should Know

Before vaccines, parents in the United States could expect that every year:

• Polio would paralyze 10,000 children.
• Rubella (German measles) would cause birth defects and mental retardation in as many as 20,000 newborns.
• Measles would infect about 4 million children, killing 3,000.
• Diphtheria would be one of the most common causes of death in school-aged children.
• A bacterium called Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) would cause meningitis in 15,000 children, leaving many with permanent brain damage.
• Pertussis (whooping cough) would kill 8,000 children, most of whom were under the age of one.

New Immunization requirements for Child Care and Schools (2009-10)

If your child has been involved in kindergarten screenings for next school year (2009-10), you probably know that the Kansas Legislature has passed new immunization requirements for schools.  The same is also for child care providers, but the requirements are different for each of these groups of children. 

Although these changes are somewhat confusing, it may be easiest to understand by listing the changes for school-age children first and then enumerating all of the requirements for both school entry and for child care.

For the 2009-10 school year, the new immunization requirements are as follows:

• Hepatitis B – 3 doses required through grade 9
• Varicella (chickenpox) – 2 doses required for kindergarten and 1 dose required for grades 1-9 unless chickenpox disease is documented by a licensed physician.
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis) – booster dose of Tdap required at age 11 yrs.  Students who will be 12 by Sept. 1, 2009 must have a Tdap booster if more than 2 years since their last dose of Tetanus vaccine.

The remaining school vaccine requirements are as follows:

• DTaP – 5 doses required for school entry
• Polio – 4 doses required for school entry
• MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) – 2 doses required for school entry

Child care immunization requirements (including preschools) are as follows:

• DTaP – five doses , at ages: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 4-5 years.
• Polio – 4 doses at ages: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 4-5 years.
• MMR – 2 doses at ages: 12 months and 4-5 years.
• Hepatitis B – 3 doses at ages:  birth, 2 months, and 6 months.
• Varicella (chickenpox) – 2 doses at ages:  12 months and 4-5 years.
• Hib – 3 doses at ages: 2 months, 4 months, and 6 months.
• PCV7  (pneumococcal) – 4 doses at ages: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 months.
• Hepatitis A – 2 doses at ages:  12 months and 18 months.

In addition to the new requirements, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the following vaccines:

• Meningococcal (Meningitis) – age 11 years, required for entry to most colleges.
• HPV (Human Papillomavirus) – 3 doses at age 11 yrs. for females, for prevention of cervical cancer
• Influenza – yearly vaccination after 6 months of age
• Rotavirus – 2 to 3 doses before 8 months of age.

        Because some of the vaccine requirements are new, not all physician office's may carry all of the necessary vaccines.   For this reason, Kingman County Health Dept. has increased the number of vaccines that it purchases for children with private insurance and is now stocking all vaccines for all children, regardless of their insurance coverage.

For more information about the new requirements click here.

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