Health Care

Naval Health Clinic Lemoore is located in the heart of central California. It's a nationally recognized, patient-centered medical home port clinic. As an enrollee, you will be cared for by highly-qualified teams of professional medical practitioners who will ensure that you receive the outstanding care you deserve.

Other appointment options:

• Do you need to make a virtual health appointment outside your home? You can call 888-TRIWEST (874-9378) and ask about how to find originating sites - physical offices where you can connect to a virtual provider.
• You can find additional information about Virtual Health on the TRICARE website.
• TRICARE West website
• Clinic website

When you move, TRICARE moves with you. No matter where you go in the world, TRICARE is there before, during and when you get to your next duty station.

There are steps you need to take to make sure changes to your TRICARE coverage go smoothly. Understand that when you move, you may have to use a different TRICARE option. Visit TRICARE Moving to learn more.

Before you move, you should take care of any routine medical needs, including immunizations, and fill your prescriptions so you have enough while traveling. If you need care during your move, visit TRICARE Getting Care When Traveling to learn what to do.

Filling prescriptions while traveling

You should refill prescriptions before traveling. But if you run out of a prescription drug while traveling, visit TRICARE Filling Prescriptions When Traveling.

Getting dental care while traveling

Getting dental care while traveling depends on your location and whether you are a service member or family member.

• If you are an active-duty service member within the United States or in U.S. territories, and near a military installation, you may be able to get emergency dental care at the dental treatment facility, or DTF, if available. If not, contact the TRICARE Active Duty Dental Care Program before you see a dentist and tell the contractor about your move. You will need to get an authorization before you see a dentist. The Active Duty Dental Care Program will work with you, so you can get care from a local network dentist.
• If you are an active-duty service member at an overseas location, call the TRICARE overseas regional call center to get authorization before you see a civilian dentist.
• If you are an active-duty family member within the United States, in U.S. territories or at an overseas location, you can find out if any nearby military dental treatment facility treats active-duty family members. If you're enrolled in the TRICARE dental program, call the TRICARE dental program contractor or visit their website to find a provider. You will need to get an authorization before you see the dentist.

Naval Health Clinic Lemoore is a state-of-the-art community clinic located on Naval Air Station Lemoore in the heart of Central California. NHCL is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and has earned its Gold Seal of Approval.

At NHCL, health care is the number one priority. Staff will do everything possible to provide you with a warm, friendly, family atmosphere. NHCL has strong ties with civilian community partners, and can provide referrals to the best specialty care in the Central Valley and throughout California.

NHCL is proud to provide top quality patient and family-centered health care to the military community and eligible beneficiaries on NAS Lemoore and the surrounding area.

Important Telephone Numbers:

• Central appointments - 559-998-0889
• Emergency care - 911
• TRICARE service center - 1-844-866-9378
• Health benefits adviser - 559-998-2552
• Information desk - 559-998-4481, Option 6

Operations Side Telephone Numbers:

• Routine - 559-998-0889
• Primary Care - 559-998-4310
• Flight medicine - 559-998-219
• Sick call - 559-998-0889

Appointments

Routine appointments can be made with central appointments at 559-998-0889, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 pm, Monday-Friday. The central appointments office is closed on weekends.

Emergency Care

If your medical condition is life-threatening but not limited to chest pain, difficulty breathing and serious trauma, seek care at the nearest emergency department by calling 911. No preauthorization is required. If you are admitted into a civilian hospital, you or a family member is required to contact our hospital within 24 hours or as soon as medically reasonable.

Urgent Care

The NHCL urgent care clinic provides all beneficiaries access to acute, non-emergent, non-obstetric medical care. This includes evaluation and treatment of medical, minor surgical and mental health conditions to patients of all ages. NHCL offers pharmacy, laboratory and limited radiologic (plain film and non-contrast CT) services on-site to enhance the diagnostic and treatment capabilities of the urgent care clinic.

The urgent care clinic hours:

• Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last patient check in at 5 p.m.)
• Weekend and holidays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (last patient check in at 3 p.m.)

All emergent patients will be transferred to the nearest appropriate higher echelon of care via the appropriate advanced cardiac life support or basic life support federal fire ambulance service.

The Nurse Advice Line

The nurse advice line is available 24 hours a day/seven days a week for medical advice. The NAL consists of a team of registered nurses who are available to answer a variety of urgent health care questions. They can help you decide whether or not to see a health care provider. To access the NAL, dial 800-TRICARE (874-2273), Option 1.

Records

NHCL keeps and maintains outpatient records. To avoid lost medical information, please request a copy of civilian medical records to be sent to NHCL following any care received outside of the base clinic. Photocopies of your medical records can be provided. Please allow at least one week’s notice to allow time to process the copies.

Pharmacy Services

NHCL offers several different options for obtaining your prescriptions.

The pharmacy hours are:

• Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Closed Sundays and holidays

Electronic and handwritten prescriptions are accepted from network providers.

TRICARE pharmacy home delivery is offered through Express Scripts. For general information about the TRICARE home delivery pharmacy (also known as the TRICARE mail order pharmacy), call the member choice center at 800-238-6095.

Maternity Care

Obstetrical deliveries and gynecologic procedures requiring inpatient stays are performed by NHCL providers via an external resource sharing agreement with Adventist Medical Center-Hanford.

Wellness Center

The wellness center offers programs on nutrition education, weight management, meal planning, diabetes meal planning, cholesterol education, fitness assessments, tobacco cessation and a nutritional information library. Call 559-998-4584 for additional information on these programs. Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many wellness center programs may be limited.

Immunization Clinic:

• Monday through Wednesday and Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Closed weekends

Dental Clinic

The main dental clinic is located in Building 926 just south of the hospital, and the operations side dental clinic is located in Building 11 on the operations side of the base. Comprehensive dental care services are provided for active-duty military members. Specialty care in oral surgery, periodontics, and prosthodontics is available.

Normal clinic hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Routine examinations and appointments for treatment may be scheduled by calling main dental clinic at 559-998-4220 or the operations side dental clinic at 559-998-4300.

Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program

The Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program is located in NHCL. It provides all commands with a program of clinical screening, evaluation, referral and therapeutic counseling for alcohol and drug abusers, supplemented by education and administrative assistance.

SARP offers a non-residential alcohol treatment program, continuing care counseling group and a 20-hour alcohol impact course. Referrals to residential drug and alcohol centers are also made for those with more serious problems. Call 559-998-4474 for more information.