Palms Medical Group is a not-for-profit health care provider committed to bringing quality, affordable primary care and preventative services to you. We take great pride in offering our patients a full range of evidence-based, healthcare services for all the stages of one's life. With multiple locations throughout North Florida, same day scheduling, flexible hours and bilingual staff, Palms Medical Group gives patients the care they need, when and where they need it.
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Services Offered
Behavioral Healthcare
Palms Medical Group is pleased to share the expansion of our Behavioral Healthcare Program.
We have added two full-time and two part-time Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) to our Palm's staff who provide counseling services to children and adults in select clinics within our service area.
Our full-time LCSWs devote 100% of their scheduled time to the identified counseling, assessment, and screening needs of PMG patients and consultation needs of PMG staff/Providers.
Our PMG part-time LCSWs work in conjunction with the Graduate Medical Education Program (GME) through area Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) facilities to provide Behavioral Health training to medical residents in the Family Medicine Program while providing some crisis intervention services for PMG. Palms also continues to work in partnership with Meridian Behavioral Healthcare to provide counseling and psychiatric services for adults in some of our sites.
Please, speak with your Provider for more information on our Behavioral Health services, locations, and how to be referred. If you have specific questions regarding the program and services, please contact one of our LCSWs directly.
Available at: Bell, Branford, Gainesville, Orange Park (bi-lingual staff), Trenton
Fees and Payment
We accept most insurance plans including medicare & medicaid patients. Our Financial Services Specialists will work with you to review payment options. See the Accepted Insurance page for more information. Financial assistance is available for uninsured patients.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare Medicaid
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.