Deacon Health

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Deacon Health (DH) is here to help keep you as healthy as possible. College is more fun that way. When you’re sick, we’ll do everything we can to get you back to 100%. But more importantly, we provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to form lifelong habits that lead to sustained wellbeing.

Through a variety of services—including a 24-hour on-call nurse service available during the academic year—we are committed to promoting and maintaining the health of our students with a comprehensive approach involving health education, health maintenance, acute care, appropriate care of chronic illnesses, and referral assistance.

We specialize in college health and understand how to help students best navigate their return to academics after an illness or injury. We want to be your first choice for preventive and acute healthcare needs.

We are a primary care clinic providing care to Wake Forest University’s Reynolda Campus students. Our team includes board-certified physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, certified medical assistants, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, lab directors, radiology technicians, and our medical office staff.

The following sections will give more details on where to get started with Deacon Health.

Health information and immunization

Wake Forest University, per North Carolina state law, requires documentation of certain immunizations for students attending college. Forms must be completed inside the Deacon Health portal, and all documentation must be uploaded there by July 1.

What you’ll need to complete these required forms:

• Your immunization records, including names of vaccines, dates given, healthcare provider signature, phone number and clinic’s name and address.
• Save a copy of your official immunization records as a PDF and upload them to the Deacon Health Portal.

Student health fee and insurance

Most services at Deacon Health are covered by the Student Health Fee. In addition, there are discounted “fee-for-service” charges for medications, laboratory tests, observation care, procedures, and some supplies. Payment can be made by cash, check, credit/debit cards, Student Blue Insurance or charged to the student’s account. For students with Student Blue (BCBS) insurance, all services at Deacon Health are 100% covered.

Students with other insurance plans can download a copy of medical charges to submit an insurance claim. Each student is given a copy of the medical charges incurred on the date of service, which can be used for the insurance filing.

Deacon Health neither participates in nor files insurance claims on behalf of patients.

Student Health Insurance Program (SHI)

Health insurance coverage is required as a condition of enrollment for all degree-seeking domestic undergraduate students. Students may waive the coverage if they can demonstrate comparable coverage that meets the university’s criteria. Please see the Student Health Insurance Program website for more details about benefits, policy, enrollment/waiver instructions, and eligibility.

The deadline to enroll or waive this coverage is August 1. All students who do not complete this form will be automatically enrolled and billed.

Students receiving need-based financial aid and required to purchase Student Blue insurance may request funding through Student Financial Aid to cover the premiums.