After Hours Clinic @Ballenger Creek

FPCA recommends our patients consider a walk-in visit at our After Hours Clinic before going to an urgent care center or the emergency department.

FPCA’s After Hours Clinic provides quality medical care from FPCA physicians, PAs, and NPs who have access to our patients’ medical records*. Our medical providers are able to handle non-life threatening illnesses or injuries, offering same day care in an outpatient clinic setting that does not require unnecessary testing, long wait times, or increased costs. The After Hours Clinic offers extended office hours to our patients, providing medical care outside of our regular office hours. FPCA patients are seen for urgent medical issues that require evaluation before regular office hours the following day, but are not serious enough to warrant a visit to the emergency department.

What is an emergency?
A medical emergency should always be treated in an emergency department whenever possible. Emergency departments are equipped to treat serious medical conditions such as life-threatening/traumatic injuries, chest pain, stroke symptoms, severe infections, loss of consciousness or any other medical condition that may result in serious bodily harm. If you feel you are experiencing a true medical emergency, immediately proceed to your nearest emergency room or call 911.

FPCA’s After Hour Clinic will provide:

Shorter Wait Times
FPCA’s After Hours Clinic provides quality care with much shorter wait times than one would typically expect in an emergency department. We are able to treat urgent medical problems quickly rather than having patients wait behind more serious medical problems treated in an emergency department. Patients enjoy the ease of receiving urgent medical care in a setting much like their regular primary care office.

Lower Cost
FPCA’s After Hour Clinic provides quality medical care without the large bill patients normally incur at external urgent care clinics or hospital based emergency departments.  The After Hour Clinic provides urgent medical services while charging patients our typical lower primary care fees, avoiding unnecessary testing and higher urgent care or emergency department fees, and protecting our patients from exorbitant medical bills.

Coordinated Care
The FPCA After Hours Clinic offers a comprehensive team of highly experienced medical providers capable of caring for a wide range of patient concerns. Unlike external urgent care centers and the emergency department, FPCA’s practitioners have access to patients’ electronic medical records* including patient health history, medications, allergies, and other pertinent health information. Access to our patients’ health records allows our practitioners to provide better health care and coordinate care with our patients’ regular primary care provider for continuing health management.

*Medical records include all services provided at FPCA offices; medical records from hospitals, urgent care clinics, and other medical providers may not be available.