Kern County

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State Health Programs
Medi-Cal
Directory
Provider
Directorio
de Proveedores
Guide to choosing your doctor
Kern County, Volume 12, 2018
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Table Of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................5
Clinics...........................................................................................................................................................25
Arvin..................................................................................................................................25
Bakersfield........................................................................................................................25
Buttonwillow......................................................................................................................27
California City....................................................................................................................27
Delano...............................................................................................................................27
Frazier Park.......................................................................................................................27
Lake Isabella.....................................................................................................................27
Lamont...............................................................................................................................28
Lebec.................................................................................................................................28
Lost Hills............................................................................................................................28
Mc Farland........................................................................................................................28
Mojave...............................................................................................................................28
Ridgecrest.........................................................................................................................28
Rosamond.........................................................................................................................28
Shafter...............................................................................................................................28
Taft.....................................................................................................................................29
Tehachapi.........................................................................................................................29
Wasco...............................................................................................................................29
Wofford Heights................................................................................................................29
Primary Care Physicians.............................................................................................................................33
Arvin..................................................................................................................................33
Bakersfield........................................................................................................................33
Buttonwillow......................................................................................................................48
California City....................................................................................................................49
Delano...............................................................................................................................49
Lake Isabella.....................................................................................................................53
Lamont...............................................................................................................................53
Lebec.................................................................................................................................54
Lost Hills............................................................................................................................54
Mc Farland........................................................................................................................55
Mojave...............................................................................................................................55
Ridgecrest.........................................................................................................................55
Rosamond.........................................................................................................................56
Shafter...............................................................................................................................57
Taft.....................................................................................................................................59
Tehachapi.........................................................................................................................60
Wasco...............................................................................................................................61
Obstetrics and Gynecology Providers........................................................................................................67
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Arvin..................................................................................................................................67
Bakersfield........................................................................................................................67
Delano...............................................................................................................................78
Ridgecrest.........................................................................................................................80
Shafter...............................................................................................................................80
Taft.....................................................................................................................................81
Tehachapi.........................................................................................................................81
Wasco...............................................................................................................................81
Specialist......................................................................................................................................................85
Arvin..................................................................................................................................85
Bakersfield........................................................................................................................85
California City..................................................................................................................160
Delano.............................................................................................................................161
Lake Isabella...................................................................................................................169
Lamont............................................................................................................................171
Mc Farland......................................................................................................................171
Mojave.............................................................................................................................172
Ridgecrest.......................................................................................................................172
Shafter.............................................................................................................................174
Taft...................................................................................................................................176
Tehachapi.......................................................................................................................177
Wasco.............................................................................................................................179
Hospitals.....................................................................................................................................................183
Urgent Care Facilities................................................................................................................................187
Skilled Nursing Facilities............................................................................................................................191
Facilities and Other Services.....................................................................................................................195
Pharmacies................................................................................................................................................203
Vision..........................................................................................................................................................217
Acupuncture Providers..............................................................................................................................223
Health Net Mental Health Providers..........................................................................................................227
Provider Index............................................................................................................................................235
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Introdu
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Introduction
Choosing your primary care physician The Practice Locator Service is only available in
English. If you do not speak English, please call
(PCP)
Health Net’s Member Services Department at
When you enroll with Health Net, you will select
1-800-675-6110. A representative will be happy to
a primary care physician (PCP); a PCP is a doctor
contact the Practice Locator Service and provide
who will be your personal doctor. Your PCP may
you with the information in your language.
be a family practice, general practice, internal
medicine, obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), All eligible Native Americans have the right to
or pediatrics (for your children) physician. You access medical services through Indian Health
may want to have one doctor who will see your Service facilities. You do not need a referral from
whole family, or you may want to have one doctor your PCP. The health plan will reimburse the
for you and a different doctor for your children. facilities for covered services.
Your PCP will be the doctor you will see when you Some hospitals and other providers do not
are sick; he or she will refer you to a specialist and provide one or more of the following services
coordinate your health care whenever you need it. that may be covered under this health plan, and
You must always see your PCP each time you need which members might need: family planning;
medical treatment unless it is an emergency. You contraceptive services, including emergency
do not need to get a referral from your PCP to visit contraception; sterilization, including tubal
your eye doctor for a regular examination, for a ligation at the time of labor and delivery; infertility
family planning visit, for care during pregnancy, or treatments; or abortion. Call your doctor or clinic,
to access a nurse midwife. or call Health Net’s Medi-Cal Member Services
Department at 1-800-675-6110 to ensure that you
If you are a female member, you may choose to see
can obtain the health care services that you need.
an OB/GYN for routine examinations and prenatal
care. You do not need a referral from your PCP, If you feel this document has given wrong,
but you may ask him or her to recommend the partial or deceptive information, you may file a
name of an OB/GYN for you. There is also a listing complaint. To file a complaint, go to
of these providers in the section of your directory www.healthnet.com, or contact our Member
titled “OB/GYN Providers.” The OB/GYN you Services Department at 1-800-675-6110. You can
choose must be a Health Net provider and belong also contact us by mail.
to the same medical group as your PCP.
Send your complaint to:
For assistance in locating a nurse midwife in your PO Box 9103
area, please contact the American College of Nurse Van Nuys, CA 91409-9103
Midwives’ electronic “Practice Locator Service” at
1-888-MIDWIFE (643-9433). You will be asked to
enter your ZIP code, and you will be provided with
the name, address and telephone number of the
nurse midwife (or midwives) closest to your area.
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PCP
Specialty Chart
Doctor specialty Who will he or she see?
Family practice Your whole family
General practice Your whole family
Internal medicine Adults only (age 18 and older)
OB/GYN Women only (age 18 and older)
Pediatrician Children only (age 18 and younger)
The chart above will help you learn what each Health Net does not and cannot guarantee the
specialty (type of PCP) means, so you can choose initial or continued availability of any particular
the best doctor for you and your family. participating provider. The current participation
status of any provider can be obtained by calling
Now that you have an idea about the type of
Health Net’s Member Services Department at
doctor you want as a PCP for yourself and your
1-800-675-6110.
family, you need to select who that doctor will be.
• Look for the city where you live.
• Pick a doctor for you and your family.
• Write the doctor ID (identification) number or
the name of the doctor(s) you choose for you
and your family on the Medi-Cal Health Plan
Choice Form.
• Sign your name on the Medi-Cal Health Plan
Choice Form.
• Check to make sure you filled out the Medi-Cal
Health Plan Choice Form completely.
• Mail your completed Medi-Cal Health Plan
Choice Form in the self-addressed, stamped
envelope included with your packet.
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Member
Identification Card
When you become a member of Health Net, you will receive a member
identification card like the one pictured below. You will need to show this
card each time you see your doctor, get your prescriptions (medicine), use the
emergency room, or see your eye doctor. Keep this card with you at all times.
Do not throw your Medi-Cal (BIC) because you are sick, and cannot reach him/her,
please call our Member Services Department,
card away
and a representative will connect you with a
You will need to use your Medi-Cal card to see
nurse who will be able to help you and answer
your Medi-Cal dentist and to get some other
your questions.
services that are not covered by Health Net.
Remember: If you have a life-threatening
24-hour Member Services Department emergency, call 911 for emergency help or go
immediately to the closest emergency room.
Health Net has a Member Services Department
for you to call if you ever have any questions To talk to a Member Services representative,
about your health plan, want to change your call 1-800-675-6110. This is a free call for you to
doctor, or have a complaint about your doctor make, and you can talk to someone 24 hours a
or the plan. The Member Services Department day, every day. The Member Services Department
is open 24 hours, every day, including weekends phone number is also on the back of your
and holidays. A friendly representative is always Health Net member identification card.
available for you whenever you need help.
Thank you for becoming a member of
Member Services is your link to Health Net’s Health Net. We look forward to serving your
Nurse Triage Department. If you try to call your health care needs.
doctor on the weekend or after office hours

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Accessibility
Information
Below is information used in the provider directory to indicate accessibility at
a provider office or building site. This information is not a promise that every
doctor will always have the access that you may need for a disability. You should
call the doctor’s office to talk about your access needs for your disability.
Accessibility Requirements:
Basic: Facility represents all applicable Limited: Facility is missing one or more of the
accessibility requirements excluding “T”. accessibility requirements excluding “T”.
Indicator Definition Criteria
Parking spaces, including van accessible space(s), are accessible.
P Parking Pathways have curb ramps between the parking lot, office, and at
drop-off locations.
Curb ramps and other ramps to the building are wide enough for a
wheelchair or scooter user. Handrails are provided on both sides of
EB Exterior building
the ramp. Doors open wide enough to let a wheelchair or scooter user
enter, and have handles that are easy to use.
Doors open wide enough to let a wheelchair or scooter user enter, and
have handles that are easy to use. Interior ramps are wide enough and
have handrails. Stairs, if present, have handrails. If there is an elevator,
IB Interior building it is available for public/patient use at all times the building is open.
The elevator has easy to hear sounds and Braille buttons within reach.
The elevator has enough room for a wheelchair or scooter user to turn
around. If there is a platform lift, it can be used without help.
The restroom is accessible and the doors are wide enough to
accommodate a wheelchair or scooter and are easy to open. The
restroom has enough room for a wheelchair or scooter to turn around
R Restroom
and close the door. There are grab bars which allow easy transfer from
wheelchair to toilet. The sink is easy to get to and the faucets, soap, and
toilet paper are easy to reach and use.
Patient diagnostic Patients are able to access and use testing and treatment areas, and
PD
and treatment use equipment.
Members can get to and use all common areas and equipment with or
PA Participant areas
without help.
The entrance to the exam room is accessible, with a clear path. The
doors open wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair or scooter and
E Exam room
are easy to open. The exam room has enough room for a wheelchair or
scooter to turn around.
The exam table moves up and down and the scale is accessible with
handrails to assist people with wheelchairs and scooters. The weight
T Exam table/scale scale is able to accommodate a wheelchair. OR,
Patients can get on or off medical equipment with or without help.
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Clinic
Information
Below is information used in the provider directory
to indicate different types of clinics.
Indicator Definition
CC Community Clinic
COO County-Owned and/or Operated Clinic
FQHC Federally Qualified Health Center
MXCL Mixed Specialty Clinic
RHC Rural Health Clinic
TIHC Tribal/Indian Health Clinic
DSHC Disproportionate Share Hospital Clinic
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• Did you find something you think might be • You can ask for someone to help you talk
wrong in any of our provider directories? with your doctor in your language. This is an
Please let us know so we can fix it. interpreter.
– Call us at 1-800-675-6110 (TTY: 711). – To ask for an interpreter at no cost to
– Email us at [email protected]. you, please call Member Services at
1-800-675-6110 (TTY: 711). Please have your
• You have the right to get full and equal access
member ID number when you call. You must
to health care services covered by your health
call at least three days before your doctor
plan. This is also true if you have a disability,
visit to have an interpreter there with you
according to the following laws:
on the day of your doctor visit. For sign
– The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
language services, please call five days before
– Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. your doctor visit.
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