Community Health Center
Mission City Community Network - Sepulveda
8527 Sepulveda Blvd, North Hills, CA 91343-5824 0.9 miles away
Community Health Center
NORTH HILLS WELLNESS CENTER
9119 Haskell Ave, North Hills, CA 91343-3121
NORTH HILLS WELLNESS CENTER is a community health center dental clinic in North Hills, CA, operated by Valley Community Healthcare, which runs 2 clinics in California.
The health center is open about 58 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Access to This Clinic
This clinic is located inside a school. School-based health center sites typically serve enrolled students, and in some cases their families or the surrounding community. Access is determined jointly by the school and the health center. Contact the clinic before visiting to confirm whether patients who are not students can be seen.
Clinic Details
| Address | 9119 Haskell Ave, North Hills, CA 91343 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 818-763-8836 |
| Operated by | Valley Community Healthcare |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Setting | School |
Planning Your Visit
9119 Haskell Ave, North Hills, CA 91343
The published number is 818-763-8836. It may be a shared scheduling line. Say which site you mean and that you want dental rather than medical, or you can be booked into the wrong queue.
Things to settle on the phone first: the dental hours, and which days appointments run, whether new dental patients are being taken, and the current wait, what a first visit costs, before and after any discount, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. The bands are set by Valley Community Healthcare rather than nationally, which is why prices differ between two clinics on the same scale. Ask them to run your household through it before you commit to a treatment plan. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What California Medicaid covers for adults is a state decision and has been cut and restored in several states; for children the benefit is required nationally. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Common Questions
What if I cannot get there?
Ask whether the clinic has transport assistance or can tell you what local programs exist — many health centers help with this and it is rarely advertised. Your county health department is the other place that knows.
What if I need more work than I can afford?
Say that plainly at the start. A dentist who does not know the budget will quote the ideal plan. Told the constraint, they can usually say which item is urgent, which can wait a year, and where a cheaper option is clinically reasonable. Ask for the plan in writing so you can stage it.
I have private dental insurance. Is it worth using here?
Often yes, and the two combine: the clinic bills your plan and the discount applies to what is left. Ask whether they are in network for your plan, because out-of-network billing can leave you paying more than the discounted cash price.
What happens if I miss an appointment?
Missed dental appointments are taken seriously because the chair time cannot be reused, and repeated no-shows can affect whether you keep the slot. Call to cancel even at short notice; it costs you nothing and keeps you on the books.
What if I need a specialist they do not have?
You would normally be referred out, and a referral from a health center does not carry the discount with it — the outside specialist charges their own fee. Ask what the referral would cost before starting anything that depends on it, because that is the point where an affordable plan often stops being affordable.
Does Medicare cover this?
Original Medicare does not cover routine dental care, which surprises most people who reach retirement expecting otherwise. Some Medicare Advantage plans include a limited dental benefit. The sliding scale here does not depend on Medicare, so ask about it separately.
Other Clinics Operated by Valley Community Healthcare
Valley Community Healthcare operates one other clinic elsewhere in California. Asking the scheduling line which site can see you soonest is usually faster than calling each in turn; the shortest wait is not always the closest clinic. Once your discount is assessed at one of its sites, the others normally honor it without a second application. What is treated at one site is no guide to another, so confirm with the clinic you actually intend to visit.
Other Dental Clinics Nearby
Straight-line distances. The nearest clinic is not reliably the one that can see you soonest, so try a couple.
- Mission City Community Network - Sepulveda — North Hills, less than a mile away
- MISSION CITY COMMUNITY NETWORK, INC. — North Hills, less than a mile away
- KHW Panorama City — Panorama City, about 1.6 miles away
- Center for Family Health & Education, inc. dba Priority Care Medical Group - PD — Panorama City, about 1.6 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call NORTH HILLS WELLNESS CENTER
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
MISSION CITY COMMUNITY NETWORK, INC.
15206 Parthenia St, North Hills, CA 91343-5391 0.9 miles away
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KHW Panorama City
8781 Van Nuys Blvd, Panorama City, CA 91402-2401 1.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Center for Family Health & Education, Inc.
8727 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 102, Panorama City, CA 91402-2400 1.6 miles away
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