Patient Portal Download Forms COVID-19 Make an Appointment Services Patient Resources About Our Team Contact Preventive Healthcare The best way to prevent illness and to catch conditions in early stages is to regularly visit your doctor. Most health insurance plans must fully cover a set preventive care, making life-saving screenings and services free to most patients. Recommended Check Ups We recommend regular health check ups of at least the following frequency for each age and gender. Infants at 5-7 days, 2 weeks and at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 and 30 months of age Children ages 3 through 12—yearly Adolescents ages 13 through 18—every 2 years Women who are sexually active and/or age 19 and older—yearly Men ages 10 through 39—every 2 to 3 years Men age 40 and older—every 1 to 2 years Make an Appointment Preventive Tests These tests are recommended on a prescribed basis for all healthy adults to screen for the following diseases. The following screenings are preventive in nature and covered by most insurance plans. Contact your insurance provider for exact coverage information. Read our preventive health guidelines in English or in Spanish. Beginning Age Screening Frequency 21 Pap smear screening for cervical cancer Every 3-5 years 35 Cholesterol Every 5 years 40 Regular clinical breast exams Mammograms to screen for breast cancer Yearly Every 1-2 years 45 Fasting blood sugar to screen for diabetes Every 3 years 50 Basic stool test for colon cancer Cologuard (genetic stool test) for colon cancer Colonoscopy Yearly Every 3 years Every 10 years 65 Bone densitometry for osteoporosis, women Every 2 years, as needed Other Adult Tests as Appropriate Age (if applicable) Screening Any Ultrasensitive C-reactive protein screening, marker of higher risk for heart attack; EKG, stress test for heart disease Born between 1945-1965 Hepatitis C screening Men ages 55-70 PSA blood test for prostate cancer Men ages 65-75 with history of smoking Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening Sexually active individuals STDs/STIs such as HIV gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, etc. Immunizations Age Vaccination All Influenza (yearly) Those without history of vaccination Chickenpox (2 doses), MMR (1-2 doses), Meningitis (1-3 doses), Tetanus diphtheria and whooping cough (1 dose) Adults, as needed Hepatitis A (2 doses), Hepatitis B (3 doses) Up to age 45 HPV (3 doses over a 24 week period) 50+ Shingles (2 doses) 65+ Pneumonia (1 dose) Office Hours Mon – Thurs, 8AM – 8PM Fri, 8AM – 4:30PM Sat, 8 – 11:30AM Contact Main Phone: 616.396.6516 Appointments: 616.396.6568 Nurse: 616.396.6771 Testing: 616.396.6807 Billing: 616.396.6517 Address: 382 N. 120th Avenue, Holland, MI 49424 Map & Directions Social Facebook Copyright ©2021 Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved Managed Web Services by Boileau Communications Management, LLC. Careers Privacy Terms