Rockbridge Area
Health Center
Caring for the Whole Community
COVID-19 Vaccinations, Boosters and Testing
COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters
RAHC offers the COVID-19 vaccines and bivalent boosters to adults, aged 12 years and older.
Please call or send a text message to (540) 464-8700 to schedule an appointment.
Click here to pre-register online for an adult COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
Pediatrics (6 months – 18 years old)
RAHC offers Pfizer vaccines and boosters to youth ages 5-17 years old.
RAHC offers Pfizer vaccines to children ages 6 months – less than 5 years.
The primary series includes 3 doses.
Please call (540) 464-8700 and dial extension 7162 or 7183 to schedule an appointment for the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine or booster.
Additional information about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.
COVID-19 Testing
Rockbridge Area Health Center is offering PCR tests to the community. Results are typically available within 2-3 business days.
COVID-19 testing appointments are available on
Monday – Friday from 8 am – 11:50 am and 1 pm – 3:50 pm.*
To schedule an appointment, call or send a text message to (540) 464-8700 ext. 7201.
Flu Vaccines are Here!
Flu vaccines are recommended for everyone 6 months of age and older. Pregnant people, young children, older people, and people with certain chronic medical conditions like asthma, diabetes and heart disease are at increased risk of serious flu-related complications, so getting a yearly flu vaccine is especially important for them.
Getting a flu vaccine this fall can reduce your risk of getting flu and help save scarce medical resources. It’s important for everyone to do their part to stay healthy this flu season. Prevent the spread of flu and other respiratory illnesses:
- Mask Up: Cover your nose and mouth with a mask when out in public.
- Lather Up: Wash your hands frequently with soap and water.
- Sleeve Up: Roll up your sleeve to get a flu shot.
The more people vaccinated against flu, the more people are protected from flu.
Call or text (540) 464-8700 to schedule a flu shot appointment.
Lost your COVID-19 immunization card?
Visit the Virginia COVID-19 Vaccination Record Request Portal
Medical
Providing high-quality and comprehensive
Primary Medical Services.
Dental
Providing Dental Services for the whole family at every stage of life in our Lexington and Buena Vista locations.
Behavioral Health
Providing a wide range of fully-integrated behavioral health care to children and adults.
A Healthcare Home for the Whole Community
With over 6,800 patients, the Rockbridge Area Health Center (RAHC) offers high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to anyone seeking access to care. Medical, dental, behavioral health, and medication assistance is available to patients of all ages who are insured, uninsured, and to those with Medicaid and Medicare. Additional savings are available through an income-based sliding fee discount program.
Providing High-Quality and Affordable Healthcare
As a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), we provide comprehensive healthcare that is coordinated and team-based to anyone, regardless of income or insurance status. You may be eligible for a sliding fee discount program, based on your household/family size and how much you earn, even if you have insurance.
What’s New with RAHC
Promoting Boosters & Bingo on 3WZ FM
On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, RAHC Immunization Coordinator Jessica Ferguson, and VPAS Executive...
Flu Shots Now Available
The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against influenza (flu) is to get a flu...
RAHC Receives Quality Leader Award
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services...
RAHC Opens Office at Kendal
On September 1st, Rockbridge Area Health Center announced the opening of the RAHC medical office...
Patients’ Stories
Health Center Quality Leader
The Rockbridge Area Health Center was among the top 20% of all Health Services Resources Administration (HRSA) supported health centers that achieved the best overall clinical outcomes, demonstrating high-quality across our clinical operations in 2022 and 2021, and top 30% of all HRSA supported health centers in 2020, 2019, and 2018. Benchmarks were determined by mathematically adjusting for certain health center characteristics facilitating comparisons across health centers, and sorting health centers into quartiles for each clinical quality measure. Health centers are assigned a quartile ranking for each of several critical clinical quality measures, based on their performance. These rankings are then averaged together to create an Average Quartile Ranking (AQR). Health centers that ranked in the top decile (top 30% of average quartile rankings) are awarded Health Center Quality Leader recognition.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
After a rigorous review process, RAHC has been recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Level 3, the highest level of recognition. This means that as the patient, you are at the center of a team of health care professionals partnering with you to make informed decisions. By receiving this recognition, RAHC has made a commitment to providing a quality improvement within the practice and a patient-centered approach to care that results in patients that are happier and healthier. This also leads to lower health care costs, higher-quality care, and a more meaningful experience.
Access Enhancer
The Access Enhancer badge recognizes health centers that have increased the total number of patients and the number of patients who receive at least one comprehensive service (mental health, substance abuse, vision, dental, and/or enabling) by at least 5% during consecutive UDS reporting periods (2020 and 2021 UDS).
Health Disparities Reducer
The Health Disparities Reducer badge recognizes health centers that qualify for the Access Enhancer badge and demonstrate improvements in low birth weight, hypertension control, and/or uncontrolled diabetes for specific patient populations while maintaining or improving the health center’s overall clinical quality measure performance from the previous reporting year.
Advancing Health Information Technology for Quality
Recognizes health centers that meet specific criteria determined by HRSA to optimize HIT services under the following five criteria:
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- Adopted an electronic health record (EHR) system
- Offers telehealth services
- Exchanges clinical information electronically with key providers health care settings
- Engages patients through health IT
- Collects data on patient social risk factors
Support Us
As a local, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, we rely on our community’s support to provide high-quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare to anyone, regardless of income or insurance status, especially our underserved neighbors.