Central Ozarks Medical Center

Your Health...Our Mission

Medical | Behavioral | Dental

 Central Ozarks Medical Center is committed to leading the way to healthier communities. 

Telemedicine

Telemedicine, or virtual visits through Doxy.Me are available for primary care needs including acute care needs for colds, coughs, and flu.  You can connect via real-time virtual care, with your provider from the comfort of your home using your phone, smartphone, tablet, or computer. No need to download software or create an account. Just use a browser on a computer or device with a camera and microphone.  All data is encrypted, and your sessions are secure.

Call us to find out if a telemedicine visit is right for you!

Behavioral Health

COMC’s Behavioral Health Team practices integrated healthcare and are able to offer tools and programs such as assessments, individual consultations, family counseling, coordination with COMC’s medical and dental providers, and referrals to outside specialists when necessary.

COMC offers therapeutic services for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Some of the approaches our providers use include:

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
    • Brief Solution Focused Therapy
    • Play Therapy
    • Family Therapy
    • Mindfulness Therapy
    • Client-centered therapy
    • Behavior Modification Therapy
    • Screening and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
    • Substance abuse/addiction counseling

Dental

Dental Services through Affordable and Compassionate Care

Our mission is to maintain healthy and beautiful smiles and to provide the highest quality dental care to keep your smile looking and functioning at its best.  Our dental team is here to serve the local community with state-of-the art facilities providing a wide variety of services whether a routine cleaning, urgent care, or anything in-between; we are your one stop source for oral care for your whole family.

As your dental offices serving Camden, Laclede, Pulaski, and Miller county communities, we provide skillful, attentive, and highly individualized care for all of our patients, at any age. Your comfort, well-being and positive experience is important to us.

We provide a comprehensive range of dental services, by skilled and compassionate professional dentists and staff. Our doors are open to welcome patients of all ages to our practice.   We accept all private/commercial insurances such as United Concordia.  If you do not have insurance we can still assist you.

Our comprehensive list of services include:

  • Cleaning, Examinations, and X-rays
  • Extractions
  • Fillings, Crowns, and Bridges
  • Partials and Dentures
  • Pregnancy dental health
  • Pediatric and teens
  • Limited same-day services

 

Urgent Dental Care

At COMC, our mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate dental care when you need it most.

  • Pain, swelling, injury, infection, or bleeding may indicate the need for dental urgent care.
  • Some insurances & self-pay are accepted at the Dental Urgent Care.
  • Dental Urgent Care is open 6 days a week.

Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Saturday 8am – 12pm

Call 877-406-2662

Dental Urgent Care

Healthy Tooth Club

COMC recently started the Healthy Tooth Club to encourage kids to practice good oral hygiene. Kids will be coming into our clinics excited to show off their pearly white teeth. They can’t wait to tell the dentist how well they have been doing and how they always brush their teeth. The Healthy Tooth Club is all about making kids excited to keep their teeth clean and rewarding them for their good work.

To encourage kids to take care of their teeth, patients ages 3-16 are eligible for membership in our COMC Healthy Tooth Club. To qualify, your child must have no new cavities at their routine exam and cleaning. Each child will receive a special “I Belong to the Healthy Tooth Club” t-shirt.

At the end of each quarter, we enter the names of all children from all clinics, who qualify into a random drawing. One lucky Grand Prize winner will receive a special reward appropriate to their age such as movie tickets, amusement passes, or gift cards.

Healthy Tooth Club
Healthy Tooth Club for children ages 3 - 16.

Medical

Our medical teams promote collaboration and cooperation to make continuous, personal care available to all our patients.

Our medical providers and physician assistants specialize in providing quality family care and offer comprehensive, convenient medical services including pediatrics, chronic care management, sports medicine, gynecology, pregnancy testing, immunizations, and physical exams.

We offer same day appointments, when available, in Primary Care, Dental and Mental Health.

Our medical team and committed group of nursing professionals, medical technicians and support staff continue to strive each day to improve the lives of everyone we touch.

We look forward to the opportunity of serving you and your family.

 

 

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Mobile Units

Mobile Medical Unit

Our new Mobile Medical Unit delivers comprehensive care to COMC’s most rural communities as well as provides outreach activities. The unit offers us the opportunity to expand access to the care of our community by supplying our services and removing possible barriers to receiving care in one of our regular clinic sites.

For the schedule of July – December 2024, click here.

Mobile Dental Unit 

Our Mobile Dental Clinic offers dental care and oral health awareness to school districts located within Camden, Laclede, Pulaski, and Miller counties. We also reach out to assist patients that would otherwise have to travel a long distance to reach a dentist and those located in isolated, rural communities.

Watch this video on COMC’s Mobile Medical Unit:

 

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Women's Health

Gynecology

We are dedicated to providing the special health needs of women of all ages – whether you are just entering puberty, expecting a baby, or approaching menopause. Services include preventative care as well as problem focused care with open communication to meet your needs.

Well-Women Exams

An annual exam or well woman exam is a yearly visit for a general health check, including breast exam and Pap Smear. You may expect the following:

  • General Physical Exam
  • Pelvic Exam
  • Complete Health History
  • Complete review of current medications
  • Evaluation for additional health screening tests (i.e., mammograms, DEXA, cancer screening, etc.)

Obstetrics

Knowledge and preparation are key to enjoying pregnancy. Our OB providers know that every birth is special and are honored that you have chosen them to guide you during your pregnancy and prenatal care. Their ultimate goal is for your continued good health and the delivery of a healthy newborn. COMC providers as well as their amazing staff of nurses will work to keep you informed and answer all of your questions from pregnancy confirmation to your post-partum check-up.

Pediatrics

From their first heartbeat, you want to give your children the best of everything…. including the best medical care.

COMC’s child-focused healthcare and parent education is the goal of our providers at COMC, from birth to 18 years of age. Our comprehensive services include:

    • Well-child exams
    • Diagnostic tests
    • Follow-up of chronic problems
    • Immunizations
    • Sports Screenings
    • Evaluation and management of growth and health-maintenance.
    • Autism testing

Substance Use Disorder Treatment (MAT)

Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a disease.  Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of medications, such as Suboxone, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.  Research shows that a combination of medication and therapy can successfully treat these disorders, and for some people struggling with addiction, MAT can help sustain recovery. MAT is clinically driven with a focus on individualized patient care.  MAT for opioid use disorder in particular is the safest approach to care and is considered the best practice in the treatment of most patients including pregnant women.

If you are interested in learning more about Suboxone treatment and the benefits it can provide to your recovery, contact COMC at (877) 406-2662.

Click here to watch a video on how to use Narcan Nasal Spray

Free Narcan and Fentanyl Test Strips can be found at:

Lebanon Police Department
401 S. Jefferson Ave,
Lebanon, MO. 65536

 The HUB, A COMC Community Center
1371 C Bagnell Dam Blvd.
Lake Ozark, MO. 65049

 Pulaski County Health Department
104 Ashley May Lane, St. 102
Waynesville, MO 65583

Ozarks Amphitheater Ticket Office
2418 Old Rt. 5
Camdenton, MO 65020

COMC Richland
304 W. Washington Ave.
Richland, MO 65556

Dixon Ambulance District
305 S. Ellen St.
Dixon, MO 65459

PrEP and PEP

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) can help you stay HIV negative, even if your partner might have HIV.

PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent getting HIV from sex or injection drug use.

PEP stands for post-exposure prophylaxis. It means taking antiretroviral medicines after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent becoming infected.

PrEP vs PEP

340B Drug Pricing Program

The federal 340B Program is a drug price control program that allows COMC providers to assist their patients in purchasing outpatient drugs from manufacturers at discounted prices.  Drug manufacturers are required to participate in the 340B program to be included on Medicaid and Medicare’s covered drug list. Regardless of insurance type or lack of insurance coverage, we can provide access to this program.  Discounts range from 20-50% off drug prices.

Primary Care Health Home (PCHH)

A Medicaid funded initiative to provide comprehensive case management to patients struggling with chronic health conditions. COMC Nurse Care Managers at each of our locations provide clinical care management that can help with managing chronic conditions between provider appointments. The COMC PCHH team includes the provider, nurses, nurse care manager, care coordinator and you, the patient.

  • Diabetes
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Hypertension
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • ADHD
  • Obesity
  • Tobacco use
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disabilities

If you qualify for PCHH, your Medicaid or Managed care will cover the cost of the program.

Chronic Care Management (CCM)

CCM is a care management initiative designed to support COMC patients with Medicare. Many of the diagnosis above apply to this program as well and allow patients the opportunity to access 20 minutes a month or more with a nurse or care team member participating on their care plan. At COMC, our goal is to make sure each of our patients has the right help to ensure the best health outcomes possible. 

Chronic Care Management

Community Health Workers

COMC Community Health Workers (CHW’s) are part of the Population Health Team and provide insurance assistance to patients by determining eligibility for Medicaid, CHIP, and other insurance types. In addition, CHW’s work with patients affected by other social determinants of health besides insurance, to include food insecurity, transportation, medication cost and so much more.

Community Health Workers