Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove — Chicago, Illinois

About Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove

Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove is a federally qualified health center site in Chicago, Cook County. HRSA funds it to see patients regardless of ability to pay.

It has been in federal health center scope since 1997; it reports 40 operating hours a week, below the 44-hour median for health center sites in Cook County.

Friend Family Health Center, Inc. runs 6 other listed locations.

HRSA Health Center Service Delivery Sites lists it; no source records whether GLP-1 medications are prescribed here.

GLP-1 coverage at Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove

Part B pays for the visit at Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove under the health center payment system, and the sliding fee scale can lower the cost of the visit for those who qualify; the drug is billed to Part D by a pharmacy.

HRSA lists Medicare billing number 141983 here, so the site bills Medicare directly.

Medicare's general GLP-1 rules are set out.

• Do you manage GLP-1 prescriptions for Medicare patients?
• Which Medicare plans do you take?
• What documents precede a prior authorization?

Insurance and Medicare at Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove

Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove is required to run a sliding fee scale by household income and size. Ask intake which documents prove it.

Illinois expanded Medicaid and counted roughly 2,406,387 Medicare beneficiaries as of 2026-08. Dual eligibility usually brings Extra Help with Part D costs.

Illinois Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) answers formulary questions free at 1-800-252-8966; statewide rules sit.

Services and specialties

Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove is required to provide or arrange, directly or by referral:

Weight management and diabetes care sit inside primary care, where a GLP-1 conversation would start.

• Primary care for all ages
• Behavioral health and substance use care
• Preventive dental care
• Laboratory and diagnostic services

Getting there and what to expect

Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove is at 800 E 55th St, Chicago, IL, 60615-4906, Cook County.

Chicago measures 11,875 people per square mile: transit is usually practical, parking often paid.

HRSA records 40 operating hours a week here, listed as full-time.

It publishes its own hours and intake details at friendhealth.org.

Call 773-702-0660 before travelling.

• Medicare card and any Part D card
• Photo ID
• Current medications and doses
• Recent labs or prescriber notes
• Income and household size, for the fee scale

Other options near Friend Family Health Center - Cottage Grove

The nearest Friend Family Health Center, Inc. site is Friend Family Health Center - Mobile Dental in Chicago, at the same registered coordinates.

Friend Health - 6250 in Chicago is the next one out, 1 mile away.

The closest unrelated listing is Howard Brown Health South Side Mobile, listed under Community Care Access, 0.4 miles away. Distances are straight-line, so a drive is longer.

Cook County carries 263 listings.

The full Illinois list is.