Primary Care Service Overview

​At Redwood Coast Medical Services (RCMS), our mission is to provide quality, family-oriented, community based, primary medical care including a broad range of preventive health services, to residents and visitors within the coastal area of Southern Mendocino and Northern Sonoma Counties.

Healthcare services include:

• Pediatric and adult medical care, including diagnosis, treatment and prevention
• Comprehensive history and physical examination
• Management of chronic diseases, such as asthma, arthritis, etc.
• Prenatal care
• Women's health issues
• Immunizations, HIV testing
• Mental health and counseling services for acute and chronic issues
• Nutrition, health education classes
• Specialist consultations for cardiology, orthopedics and ophthalmology
• X-ray
• Geriatric care​

Your RCMS Primary Care Provider can provide you with a medical exam for a commercial driver’s license permit if certain requirements are met.  These include that your operation of a commercial vehicle never takes you across the state line outside of California. That is referred to as an intrastate license.  RCMS cannot complete exams for interstate licenses (crossing state lines), operating school buses, public paratransit vehicles, farm labor vehicles, or fire/safety vehicles.  For these exam certificates, one must obtain an exam from a provider listed on the national registry (https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/national-registry/national-registry-certified-medical-examiners). There are medical providers on this list located in Ukiah and the Santa Rosa area.

​Pediatric Care

RCMS offers primary care for all phases of childhood, from the newborn to the adolescent.
Our Well Child program consists of:

• Physical Exams on a regular basis throughout childhood
• Immunizations
• Sports Exams for grade school kids and teenagers.
• Acute Illness Diagnosis and Care

To make an appointment for your child, call 707-884-4005 for the Gualala Clinic, or 707-882-1704 for the Point Arena Clinic.
Teen Clinic - Working in conjunction with the Point Arena High School, RCMS helps to operate the school's Teen Clinic. This Clinic is staffed daily by school nurses and counselors, and teens are encouraged to make drop in visits, or they may call to make an appointment.

Twice each month an RCMS medical provider is available to meet with teens on either a drop in or by appointment basis. The Teen Clinic is available to area teenagers and offers all types of primary care, including acute illness, family planning and counseling services.
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For more information, or appointments, call the Teen Clinic at 707-882-1628.

 Gualala Health Center
46900 Ocean Drive
Gualala, CA 95445
Monday-Friday (Excluding Holidays)
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Phone (707) 884-4005
Fax (707) 884-4625

Point Arena Community Health Center
30 Mill Street
Point Arena, CA 95468
Monday - Thursday (Excluding Holidays)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Phone (707) 882-1704
Fax (707) 882-2667

​Women's Health

RCMS offers comprehensive, primary care to women of all ages. Our services, provided by female Board Certified Physician, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, and Family Nurse Practitioners, include:

• PAP Test and Follow-Up and Evaluation of Abnormal PAP Smears
• Breast Exams
• Mammogram Referral(Free mammograms at participating hospitals/health centers, may be available to qualified women, through the Cancer Detection Program. For more information, talk to a medical provider.)
• Lab Services including Urinalysis, Thyroid, Cholesterol and Hormonal evaluations
• Family Planning, and IUD Insertion/Removal
• Pre-Natal Care including diagnosis and evaluation of pregnancy, follow-up visits, and referrals to gynecologists for delivery and other specialists as needed.

RCMS encourages all women patients to undergo regular Well Visits, which include many of the above examinations/services, either on an annual basis, or as recommended by a medical provider. For an appointment, call 707-884-4005 for the Gualala Clinic and 707-882-1704 for the Point Arena Clinic.