Health Services
Located in the Potter Building:
6 Butterfield Road
Hours of Operation:
• Monday- Friday
8 am – 8pm
• Saturday-Sunday (and Holidays)
10 am- 4 pm
Physician and Pharmacy
Availability:
• Physicians are available from 12 pm-4 pm.
• The pharmacy is available from 12:30 pm- 4
pm.
To Make an Appointment
With a Provider:
• Call 401-874-2675 (for new illness/condition)
• Call 401-874-4763 (for follow up)
Appointments are scheduled from 9-7:15 pm
Monday through Friday.
What happens when a
student walks in to make an
appointment?
• At front desk, secretary will ask for name and ID
number.
• Then they will ask why the student is visiting
(symptoms/conditions).
• Information will then be stored in system.
• Registered Nurse will determine how quickly
student will be seen.
• They might ask the student to make an
appointment for later in the day or maybe even
the next day.
Costs
• Included in your tuition for URI is a Health
Service fee. This means all students are
allowed to have access to services provided by
Health Services.
What does the Health
Service fee provide
students?
• Routine office visits with providers.
• Ambulance and Emergency Transport services
(provided by URI EMS).
• Pharmacy: over the counter medicine and
some acute care prescriptions. Also, Self Cold
Care Center.
* Everything stated above is free upon
visit because as a student, you already
paid for it in tuition cost.
Costs Continued
• No student or parent will be charged to see a
provider. Instead, their insurance company will be
billed.
• If insurance company refuses to pay the fee for a
visit with a physician, the bill will then just be
wrote off (aka dropped).
Sometimes, insurance companies will choose
to pay all of the fee or a certain percentage.
Health Services will accept the payment.
Costs Continued
• If lab service or X-rays are needed, there
needs to be payment. Fees will be pursued.
• If insurance will not cover lab or X-ray fees,
student is responsible for payment.
The Pharmacy:
• Will provide most OTC products at no charge!
• The is a limited formulary of medications
available. This means HS selected certain
drugs for various medication classifications.
• For non-OTC products, payment must be
immediate. Insurance co-pay will be applied if
applicable.
• You will receive an outside prescription for
items the pharmacy does not carry.
The Pharmacy Continued:
• Self Care Cold Center
If you have cold symptoms and do not want
to wait, you can walk over to the pharmacy and
have them assess your condition as well as take
your temperature. Then you can fill out a form
requesting OTC cold remedies. The pharmacy
staff will then will provide the OTC supplies (if
actually needed).
*This is great if you don’t want to wait for hours in
the waiting room for a simple cold confirmation!
Specialty Clinics:
• Students also have access to dermatologists,
gynecologists, internal medicine physicians,
psychiatrists, and surgeons.
*See a HS provider first. Have to be
referred.
The Women’s Clinic:
401-874-5151
• Open from 9am to 3:30 pm Monday –Friday.
Provide routine gynecological examinations,
pap smears, and laboratory tests.
Also provide consultations for infections,
pregnancy testing, and contraceptive needs.
Mental Health Services:
• Students will be referred to the Counseling
Center located in Roosevelt Hall.
• Psychologists from center have to refer
student to psychiatrist.
Counseling Center 401-874-2288.
Eating problems, depression, stress,
adjustment problems, and other related areas.
Health Education and
Nutrition Counseling:
401-874-5954
• Located in the basement of the Potter
Building. 9-3:30 pm Monday through Friday.
Provide peer education, health promotion,
and nutrition outreach programs.
• Individual counseling appointments are
available with Nutrition Services.
*If you have food allergies, you can contact
Nutrition Services for information about food (and
food products )used in dining halls.
Emergency Care:
401-874-2121
• Serious illness or injury call URI EMS.
• Student will then be transported to South
County Hospital.
Health Insurance:
• To be a student here at URI, you have to have health
insurance.
• You should know what insurance plan you have and what they
provide.
Useful terms/information:
Deductible-out of pocket payment before insurance will pay fees.
Coverage- amount of money insurance will pay for a fee (to a
certain degree).
Prior Authorization- Managed plans might need authorization to
meet with physicians. Also, authorization might be needed for
lab and X-ray work. Without authorization, students may
subject to fees.
Out of area treatment- can cause fees to change.
Sources:
• Heath Services Packet
To Your Health 2012-2013- The University
of Rhode Island Heath Serviceswww.uri.edu/health
• Interview with Director of Heath Services:
Charles Henderson III