Birkam Health Center — Local services in Big Rapids

I went to Birkam Health Center on Friday because my sinuses were acting up and I felt as if I was starting to get strep throat, so I wanted to get it checked. The doctor didn't seem to know what he was talking about when doing my check-up and seemed confused by the symptoms I was experiencing, as if he's never had clients with blurred vision or headaches. He asked a lot of questions but said he didn't know what I had. How does a doctor not know?? It's not even like he suggested it might just be my allergies or a little cold; he gave me no feedback whatsoever besides stating I have a lazy eye (which I don't) and to expect a call Monday to see whether my strep-throat test comes back positive or negative. Besides that, it was to my knowledge that student health care was part of the tuition and free to students for doctor visits. It wasn't until AFTER my check-up that I was told I had to pay for my visit. Assuming it would only be a few dollars, they then tell me it's going to cost $74 and I wasn't given medication or anything! I was beside myself and asked how it costs that much. The lady at the desk said originally a visit costs $104 but students get 40%, reducing the price to $62 plus another $12. She didn't even tell me what the other $12 was for, only that my total was $74. I didn't know what to say so I just kind of agreed and she told me it would be charged to my student account. Now I check my account and see that the health center charged me not $74, but $86. An extra $12 that I was never told about nor agreed to be charged to my account. Very, very unhappy with my visit and I will be filing a complaint tomorrow at the Health Center...

so sophomore year of college a doctor put me on zoloft because you know, depression. she put me on 50, and then i had an appointment and she wasn't there so it was a different doctor and i told him i didn't feel well on it, so he raised it to 100. the office then messaged me and said that i didn't tell them that i felt like that. okay, whatever. so then she put me on cymbalta. which was good for me. i was on it for two years. i struggled with taking it regularly, so if i wasn't taking it i would just wait until i could get myself to take them regularly to get them finished. so i can admit that i was really inconsistent. she told me when i was a junior that i needed to be a little better at it, but she wasn't necessarily mad. then my senior year i was just struggling mentally while still on the cymbalta. once again, it was hard for me to take them. so i went in to get meds one day and she said she was going to give me "one last shot" because i could be doing something bad with the meds. so then when i went back to school my senior year after christmas break, i hadn't got meds since september or october. i went in to get them refilled, and she literally was like "i can't prescribe these to you anymore. i think you're selling them. i cant risk my license. but you can find some other doctor that will deal with your inconsistency." for one, wouldn't you think i would be asking for more meds than what i was? and for two, who the hell would try to get high or do whatever on cymbalta. it is literally a depression med. then she said she wasn't going to bill my insurance even though...

I've been to the birkam health center twice this past week and my experiance was noting but quick, easy and simple. They had me in and out both time within 20-30 minutes and answered every question I had fired at them. Gina Johnson, had her both times, was very caring and could tell she likes what she does, she was more then a doctor when I went there. She was under standing and almost gave me a mom like feel when talking with me. Will definitely keep going through my schooling...