About Murray County Health Department Clinic Chatsworth

This is a sliding scale approved program

Clinic Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday - 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday - 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
WIC Clinic:  1-866-942-9675

The Murray County Health Department is an integral part of the quality health care system in Murray County, and provides core public health services and innovative health care solutions for residents of our community. The Health Department works to protect and improve the health of all citizens and to make our community a safe and healthy place to live.
Services are provided on a sliding fee scale based on income.
Services:
Family Planning Services
Provides birth control information, exams, and birth control methods to interested persons.
Presumptive Eligibility
Provides Medicaid coverage to income-eligible pregnant women during the Medicaid application processing period.
Perinatal Case Management
Provides a person to person approach which weaves together resources, including health and social services, for pregnant women to allow for healthy pregnancies resulting in healthy babies.
Babies Can't Wait/Children 1st
Identifies and follows high-risk infants and children and provides a coordinated approach to health care for them.
Well Child
Provides complete physical examinations to children from infancy to 21 years of age including screening tests, immunizations, and nutritional counseling.
Health Check
Provides screening of medical and/or developmental problems for Medicaid-eligible children from infancy to 21 years of age.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening provides screening and follow up services to low income, uninsured/underinsured women throughout Georgia who meet eligibility requirements.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
This program is a special nutrition program that provides nutrition education, food supplements and referrals to health care providers to eligible pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
Children's Medical Services
Serves children from birth to 21 years of age by providing various medical needs. Persons can be referred by physicians or public health nurses. Specialty clinics such as diabetes, seizure, hearing, cardiac, and orthopedics are provided. Murray County provides referral to this service.
Dental Health
Dental services are available at the local health department for children through age 18 in need of dental care.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Provides physical examinations, lab tests, and treatment of STDs, as well as follow-up for identified cases. Also provides HIV testing and counseling services.
Scoliosis Screening
Scoliosis screening is provided in the schools annually for the sixth and seventh grades.

Sliding Scale

Murray County Health Department Clinic Chatsworth operates under a sliding fee scale payment model. What this means to you is that Murray County Health Department Clinic Chatsworth provides their services even to patients who cannot afford care (such as low-income or who people who need to self-pay). Patients will pay according to their income. Be prepared to provide information on your household income.

2024 Federal Sliding Fee Schedule based on Annual Income

Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Insurance Coverage For Mental Health

Obamacare purchased from the Health Care Marketplaces covers Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Under the Health Care Law there are 10 categories of benefits. Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment are two of the 10.

If you have Affordable Care Act Coverage you will have mental health care coverage.