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The 82d Medical Group provides comprehensive health services for 15,000 beneficiaries for the Sheppard military community and surrounding referral areas. The group maintains a large component of personnel ready to mobilize in support of any contingency worldwide. Additionally, the 82d MDG provides aerospace physiology services for the NATO alliance and DoD warfighters, instructors and their families in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot training Program.
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SHEPPARD CLINIC HOURS OF OPERATION:
Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sheppard Clinic is closed weekends, holidays and family days.  

NEW MONTHLY TRAINING DAY SCHEDULE
To better balance the needs of our patients and military training requirements, Sheppard Clinic has changed the monthly training day schedule:

1st Wednesday Afternoon of the Month:
1200 - 1500 Limited Patient Care
1500 - 1630 Facility Closed to all Patient Care

 
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New to the area? There are three steps needed before calling for an appointment:

DEERS: Sponsor must register family members in DEERS at the military pay and finance office and update current address. (Remember to change address for college students leaving the area.)

TRICARE: Go to the TRICARE Service Center on the first floor of the clinic for education, TRICARE enrollment and Primary Care Physician (PCM) selection.

CLINIC REGISTRATION: Sponsor must register family in clinic electronic health care system. Accomplished in the Referral Management office located in TRICARE.
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The 82d Medical Group offers the following services by appointment only:

Dental, Family Advocacy, Family Practice, Flight Medicine, Immunizations, Lab, Mental Health Clinic, Women's Health Clinic, Health and Wellness Center, Internal Medicine, Optometry, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical/Occupational Therapy, and Radiology.

Call (940) 676-1847 or toll free at (877)-676-1847 to schedule an appointment.
 
EMERGENCY CARE
Sheppard Clinic has no Emergency Room, for emergency services (threat to life, limb or eyesight) call 911 or report to the nearest emergency room.

URGENT CARE
For urgent medical care call 676-1847 or 1-800-676-1847 and speak to the physician on call.  The physician may recommend over the counter methods of care until the following day or refer you to an urgent care facility in the area.  Self referred urgent care costs will be patient responsibility.   

OUT OF AREA URGENT CARE
 
If it's not an emergency but you feel medical attention is required before you can get back to Sheppard Clinic - call TRICARE AT 1-800-444-5445 - They will provide you with a list of TRICARE authorized urgent care facilities. To initiate payment for this visit you must provide your PCM with the name of the facility, contact number and date of service for submission of a referral.

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OPERATIONAL TRAINING MAY CAUSE SOME DELAYS 
Sheppard Clinic will be participating in base-wide military operational training exercises March 21st.  Patients may experience delays or interruption of patient care.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

NEED A NEW PHYSICIAN?
Did you know Sheppard Clinic is now accepting new patients?  Beneficaries of all ages are now eligible - enroll at the TRICARE service center.
 
Schedule an appointment on line:
www.TRICAREonline.com 
 
Check referrals and claims:
www.Humana-military.com

Access Pharmacy Formulary at:
https://online.lexi.com/crlsql/servlet/crlonline

Notice of Privacy Practices
http://airforcemedicine.afms.mil/idc/groups/public/documents/afms/nopp.pdf
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Sheppard Clinic Promotes Patient Safety Awareness 

Sheppard Clinic will participate in the 2012 National Patient Safety Awareness Week campaign March 25th-31st.  This year's theme: "Be Aware for Safe Care" focuses on the need for everyone to understand the importance of patient safety and to recognize the range of efforts being made to improve health safety.  "Be Aware for Safe Care" emphasizes the fact that safety issues impact everyone.  This campagin makes patients, providers and the public aware of the ways they can participate in these efforts and partner to improve patient safety.  For more information please contact our Patient Safety Program Manager, Mrs. DeeAnn Mejia at (940) 676-3065. 

Come visit our patient safety booth in the Pharmacy lobby:
Thursday, 28 March from 8:00 am to 10:00 am 

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