Services:

School Based Health Services

School-Based Health: Ensuring Happy, Healthy Kids & Creating Access to Quality Care for Families

PrimaryPlus is happy to offer school-based health services in three of our area schools–Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Schools, Bracken County Schools and Augusta Independent School District. Services may vary within each district. These partnerships are geared towards ensuring happy, healthy kids and creating access to quality care for families of the region! We want to help keep the kids in school and engaged as much as possible, reducing barriers for learning.

School-based services are designed to be an added resource to parents and IS NOT designed to replace your child’s pediatrician or routine medical provider. As a school-based health center, the goal is to provide a convenient, yet quality healthcare evaluation upon parental consent when your child has any minor sickness such as earache, throat infection, eye infection, skin irritation, cold, runny nose, etc.

PrimaryPlus-Ripley: We opened our PrimaryPlus-Ripley office in the spring of 2020 in the midst of COVID…while many school-based projects got put on hold…we kept going because the community needed us. Our Ripley location began with a partnership between the RUHL School District, Interact for Health and PrimaryPlus. The school-based health center is located on the back of RUHL Elementary School (Catherine St.) and is open to all RUHL students, RUHL faculty/staff but is also open to the ENTIRE community. All Ages WELCOME. Our school-based services can be a mix of in-person, as well as, state of the art telemedicine equipment that allows parents/guardians to be part of the visit.

Ripley Services Include Primary Care & Counseling Services

PrimaryPlus-Ripley features the care of Family Health Nurse Practitioner, Carissa Kirk, APRN. Carissa is a RULH graduate and is also a parent to students in the RULH School System. She loves the kids of this school system and is excited to have the opportunity to nurture and care for them. Note: Counseling Servies with Gary Zornes, LCSW are referral based or a parent/guardian can call to schedule for this service. It is not included as a service offered through the school-based consent forms.
***Dental Services are currently paused at the Ripley location.

PrimaryPlus-Bracken County School-Based Health Center: After two years of planning and preparation, an on-site school-based health center became a reality in Bracken County with a new state-of-the-art facility that opened in the fall 2022. The partnership between Bracken County Schools, Bracken County Health Department, Interact for Health, PrimaryPlus and the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry brought the dream to fruition. The center has allowed for increased accessibility with in-person visits for students, staff, and the entire community.

PrimaryPlus-Bracken County School-Based Health Center Services Include Primary Care & Dental
Primary Care: Bracken County Alumni, Cory Ramsey, PA-C, offers care in the school-based center on Monday and Thursday (in-person) and is also available for care at PrimaryPlus-Bracken County. Our Brooksville School-Based Health office is open to students, but also open to the entire community…all ages are welcome to utilize this center. Note: Telemedicine visits (which parents are welcome to participate in) will also remain an option for school health as needed and are coordinated through the school nurse.

Dental Services: The dental portion of this school-based health center is a collaboration between PrimaryPlus-Dental Center and the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry which will ensure all dental staffing needs are met featuring the care of Dr. Anna Joines, DMD and hygienist Jacqueline Stitt, RDH . University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has a strong foundation in school-based dentistry programs throughout the state. PrimaryPlus-Dental Center manages day-to-day operations of the facility. Our dental center is open four days a week. PrimaryPlus-Dental Center is also open for the entire community to utilize (all ages welcome). Dental Services include cleanings, radiographs, fluoride treatment, sealants, and exams for school-based services. However, additional care may be needed and treatment plans for care in the office will be coordinated with the parent/guardian.

Augusta Independent School Services: PrimaryPlus is happy to partner with the Augusta Panthers to provide telemedicine primary care services during the school week in conjunction with the school nurse and the friendly, familiar faces of our PrimaryPlus-Bracken County medical team. Plus, our Bracken Dental team visits the school throughout the year to provide dental screenings and cleanings. Consents are sent home at the beginning of each school year.