Overview
If you need prompt care, you need SIU Medicine Express Care.
What is Express Care?
Express Care is a walk-in, urgent care clinic for when you don’t need the emergency room but still need timely treatment. For non-life-threatening conditions, Express Care is standing by to help you get treated and right back to your day.
Want to check if that rash is poison ivy or an allergic reaction? Express Care.
Eye is looking a little red and itchy but don’t want to schedule an appointment? Express Care.
What if you need treatment beyond Express Care?
Next steps will depend on your condition:
- If you need immediate medical attention, Express Care will direct you go to the emergency room.
- For all else, Express Care will refer you to your primary care provider for follow-up.
Treatment offerings
A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
The SIU Medicine Express Care is designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center or FQHC. We have a governing board composed of patients and community members to help us serve the needs of the people of Springfield and other central and southern Illinois communities that we serve. In addition, our FQHC status enables us to offer special programs for low income and uninsured patients. We offer expert, convenient care to entire families, regardless of their ability to pay. Learn more about our program as well as our financial assistance options.
NCQA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition program is the most widely adopted PCMH evaluation program in the country. The patient-centered medical home is a model of care that puts patients at the forefront of care. PCMHs build better relationships between patients and their clinical care teams.
The SIU Medicine Express Care has been awarded the Bronze status in the Advocacy Center of Excellence (ACE) Program. The ACE program recognizes and rewards Community Health Centers that demonstrate excellence in formalizing their advocacy program to make it an institutional part of health center operations. As a Bronze ACE, our health center serves as an example to other organizations striving to achieve advocacy excellence.
This facility is a member of the National Health Service Corps. To learn more visit: NHCS.hrsa.gov. As a National Health Service Corps Site, we promise to:
- Serve all patients
- Offer discounted fees for patients who qualify
- Not deny service based on a person’s:
- Race
- Color
- Sex
- Age
- National Origin
- Disability
- Religion
- Gender identity
- Sexual orientation
- Inability to pay
- Accept insurance, including:
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Our Doctors
SIU Medicine is home to more than 300 qualified and compassionate health care providers. Search by specialty, location, insurance coverage or language to find the doctor right for you and your family. SIU Medicine accepts a wide variety of governmental and non-governmental health plans to serve our community. This list includes plans that each respective SIU Medicine entity is currently participating in. SIU Medicine strongly encourages all patients to verify coverage, benefits and which providers are considered in-network with their individual health plan. To find out which insurances are accepted by a particular provider and location, call 217-545-8000.
Center for Family Medicine
SIU Medicine is the largest, university-owned Federally Qualified Health Center in the country. Learn more about the benefits of being a patient of a FQHC at SIU Medicine.