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What To Expect At Your Visit 
Where Y’at?!
The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (est. 1998) is generously hosted by the LSU Healthcare Network at 3700 St. Charles. Easily accessible by the St. Charles Avenue street car or by car.
If you need a ride, NOMC staff can arrange a taxi for you.
Free Parking
FREE parking is available around the corner at 3715 Prytania. You will receive a ticket from the garage as you enter.
You can take the passageway into the clinic on the 3rd level.
In the Building
You can get your parking ticket validated on the second (2nd) floor when you are checking out with the LSUHN checkout lady, which at the same time you can schedule your next appointment if need be.
There is also a receptionist on the (3rd) third floor near the passage way to the bldg. who sits at a desk in the walkway connecting the parking garage to the medical office building, whom will assist you in getting you parking validated as well.
What to Expect
Please sign in at the front desk on the 2nd floor. The LSUHN staff will enter or update your information in our Allscripts medical record system. You will also be asked to sign in-take paperwork.
Is there a Co-Payment?
If you have insurance your co-payment is whatever your insurance charges for a primary care visit. For Medicaid, Medicare and GNOCHC you owe NO co-pay. All non-GNOCHC eligible and uninsured patients owe $10 co-pay. You may receive an affordable sliding scale pay for some services.
What You Need to Bring:
- Valid identification with your New Orleans’ address
To help us determine your eligibility for Sliding Scale Fees, we need documentation of your Household Income. You will need to provide two of the following documents:
- Recent tax return
- Recording royalty statement
- 1099 form
- W-2 form
- Most recent pay check stub
- Notarized letter from your bandleader, club owner or manager/ agent or employer.
If you do have health insurance, you will need that information as well.
What Will NOMC Ask You?
The PHQ 9 is a nine (9) question depression scale which you will be asked to complete at the beginning of each NOMC visit. You may refuse to complete this form or ask for the NOMC social worker to better assist you answer the questions.
It will be used by your NOMC provider in diagnosing depression as well as selecting and monitoring your treatment. With this tool our NOMC team will be able to better meet your full healthcare needs.
What to Expect
- One of the NOMC staff will call you to an exam room to take your vital signs (blood pressure, weight, etc.) and chat with you about the reasons for your visit to the NOMC.
- The NOMC provider will then arrive to see you. She will talk with you, perform an exam and discuss your health concerns, treatments and prevention if necessary.
- If you wish, our chronic disease nurse, Felice Guimont, may meet with you for one on one support.
- If your schedule permits, you will already have met with the Social worker to be introduced to the NOMC, University Hospital free care system and GNOCHC. The Social worker is in the office from 9-5 Mon-Fri. If you need any social services or medication assistance the NOMC provider will refer you to her office at time of visit.
You’re Done!
Once your exam is complete, the nurse will give you a printed overview of your visit, next steps, which will include a follow up appointment, referral and a directions as to how to use the LSUHN/ NOMC patient portal to make your follow up appoints, contact the NOMC staff and get prescription refills.
