Health and wellness
Student health & wellness fee
- All WSU Spokane students enrolled for seven or more credit hours are required to pay a mandatory $75.60 student health and wellness fee, which provides them with access to primary outpatient health care by Family Medicine Spokane or Internal Medicine Spokane.
- This fee is not intended as a substitute for a health/medical insurance policy and does not cover care for dependents.
- Regardless of whether a student has government or private health care insurance, the university requires payment of the fee. Health and Wellness Services receives no funding from the university or the state to provide health care for students.
WSU Spokane makes other medical and health services available to its students.
- 24-hour Consulting Nurse: 509.335.3575
- Optional medical insurance for students
Counseling services
There are a variety of counseling services offered free of change to students at Washington State University Spokane. These include counseling for individuals, partners and groups, psychological testing, and workshops.
Pharmacy services
Students have the option of purchasing prescription drugs directly from the WSU Health and Wellness Services pharmacy (509.335.5742, fax 509.335.5745) and having the drugs mailed to their home free of charge. Note that your physician can fax your prescription to the HWS pharmacy.
*If admitted by an HWS-contracted physician (Family Medicine or Internal Medicine), physician charges for hospitalization will be at a reduced rate.
Campus wellness collaborative
The Riverpoint Campus Wellness Collaborative promotes physical fitness, nutritional health, emotional and psychological well-being, environmental stability, and community vibrancy. Contact Shannon Pottratz (pottratz@wsu.edu) for more information.
Student health services
WSU Spokane students who have paid the student health fee may see health care practitioners at Family Medicine Spokane or Internal Medicine Spokane, both located in the Fifth and Browne Medical Center at 104 West 5th Avenue:
- Family Medicine Spokane, Suite 200, 509.624.2313 (24-hour line)
- Internal Medicine Spokane, Suite 200W, 509.744.3750
Available services include:
- Primary care office visits
- 24-hour nurse telephone consultation (509.335.3575)
- One pelvic exam per year for women
- Wart destruction (non-STD)
Services not available:
- Allergy injections
- Allergy testing
- Hospitalization*
- Immunizations
- Prescription drugs, supplies, procedures, laboratory tests, and x-rays
- Tuberculosis tests
Questions
Specific questions concerning coverage should be addressed to:
- Health and Wellness Services, Pullman WA 99163-2302;509.335.6756
- or the WSU Spokane Student Affairs office at 509.358.7526
Contact us
Joan Menzies
Director, Student Affairs
Academic Center, 130E
Telephone: 509.358.7526
Fax: 509.358.7538
spokanestudents@wsu.edu
Shannon Pottratz
Campus Wellness Collaborative
Telephone: 509.358.7999
E-mail: pottratz@wsu.edu
