CTMC To Hold Annual HealthCheck

Known for providing discounted health screenings, the 2018 HealthCheck will enable participants to receive more than $500 in important health tests for a low $30 fee.

Registration is underway for Central Texas Medical Center’s (CTMC) 32^nd annual HealthCheck, Hays County’s largest health fair. The event will take place on Thursday, April 5 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Embassy Suites in San Marcos.

Known for providing discounted health screenings, the 2018 HealthCheck will enable participants to receive more than $500 in important health tests for a low $30 fee.

The $30 basic screening panel includes:

• Complete Metabolic Panel (screening for glucose, renal and liver disorders)
• Lipid Panel (cholesterol with HDL/LDL breakdown, triglycerides)
• Complete Blood Cell Count (white blood cell,, hemoglobin, hematocrit and platelets)

HealthCheck makes several additional screenings available for a low fee as well, including Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, or TSH ($15), Hemoglobin A1C ($15), Vitamin D ($15) and Hepatitis C ($15). The Carotid Artery Disease (CAD) and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) screenings cost $30, and qualifying criteria is required to receive those screenings.

Although blood draws will be available at the HealthCheck event on April 5th, participants are urged to register for a pre-event community blood draw so they can review their results with a clinical provider at the event.

Blood draw dates and locations are as follows. Each blood draw will take place from 7 to 10 a.m. Participants must fast for at least 8 hours. Se habla Español.

SAN MARCOS 

CTMC Community Classroom, 1301 Wonder World Dr.

February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23.

SAN MARCOS 

Centro Cultural Hispano, 211 Lee Street

February 22 & March 22

KYLE

Live Oak Health Partners Primary & Specialty Care, 177B Kirkham Circle

March 8

WIMBERLEY

Wimberley Community Center, Blanco Room, 14068 Ranch Rd 12, Wimberley, TX 78676

March 13

LOCKHART 

Live Oak Health Partners Specialty Care, 1711C South Colorado St.

March 21

To register for a pre-event blood draw, please call CTMC’s CREATION Health Institute at (512) 753-3818. Registration will continue through March 30. For more information, please visit ctmc.org.