H.I.S. Medical Clincs, LLC, located at 2256 Old Mississippi 24 in Hattiesburg, aims to offer its patients affordable healthcare, while treating more than just the physical body.
Dr. Stephen Wascomb, the clinic’s physician and General Practitioner, wants to help with his patients’ every need.
“Our main goal is to integrate the patient’s health — their body, soul and spirit — by addressing their physical, emotional and spiritual needs,” he said.
One of the clinic’s biggest draws is the affordable rate for an office visit.
“We are charging $45 a visit so that people can afford to come in,” Dr. Wascomb said. “If they have insurance, we have receipts with the coding they can use to meet their deductible. A lot of people are getting high deductibles because insurance premiums are so high, so we’re trying to keep it affordable so they can afford to pay it and save for deductibles then file for insurance benefits.”
Dr. Wascomb has been in general practice since 1985 and began assisting the Pine Belt more recently when he and his wife, Tammy, decided to open H.I.S. Medical Clinic, LLC.
“I’ve been practicing here in Oak Grove for the past year,” he said. “I’ve been doing house calls for the past two years in Mississippi and southeast Louisiana. Mostly, it’s family practice for general medical problems.”
While in-home medical visits have become far less common than in the past, Dr. Wascomb offers his services at an affordable price.
“It’s $98 from Foxworth to Hattiesburg along the U.S. 98 corridor,” he said. “After five miles off that corridor, we start adding per mile.”
Dr. Wascomb said that he and his wife wanted to offer patients a place where they could be healed more than just on the physical level.
“My wife and I decided to open up a clinic of our own, so we decided on the name of H.I.S. Medical Clinics, LLC,” he said. “The letters stand for health integrated services, so that we can integrate healing for the body, soul and spirit. Whenever we get the conventional problem taken care of with offering conventional medicine, then we see if there’s some alternatives they would like to try. Then I like to pray with them, so that we can address any spiritual needs as well.”
Dr. Wascomb believes removing technology from the equation offers a better one-on-one experience.
“We’ve decided to use traditional paper records, so we don’t have to work on a computer,” he said. “So many people are complaining about the computer interfering by getting in the way between the patient and the doctor. It allows us to do face-to-face evaluations and keep the technology over to the side.”
Since he was a child, Dr. Wascomb has known that he wanted to practice medicine.
“I decided when I was in elementary school that I wanted to be a doctor,” he said. “I wanted to be able to help people and be able to use the gifts, talents and skills God had given me to help people. As time went on, I realized I wanted to get into a field that I could make a comfortable living and take care of a family. Medicine has been what fills those roles.”
While most clinics only see patients during their set office hours, H.I.S. Medical Clinics, LLC is committed to being flexible to meet its patients needs.
“Our walk-in clinic hours are 8:30 a.m. until noon and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday,” Dr. Wascomb said. “Then we have alternate hours available to be scheduled here in the clinic or house calls. That just depends on what the patient needs. We want to be able to wait on the patient so they don’t have to wait on us.”
Dr. Wascomb added that the clinic has several goals in mind for the future.
“Our long-term goal is to continue to grow and be able to be a light to the community,” he said. “Our short-term goal is getting into the school system, trying to get school physicals going and try to get advanced lab testing. People are starting to want to get their own lab work done, so we want to be able to do that for our patients.”
H.I.S. Medical Clincs, LLC can be reached by phone at (601) 467-6150, on its website at www.hismedicalclinics.com and on Facebook.
Pictured Above: Hannah Ploen, left, AnnaGrace Guillot and Dr. Stephen Wascomb are pictured. | Photo Submitted
