Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic — Pineville, Louisiana

About Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic

Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic is a federally qualified health center site in Pineville, Rapides Parish. HRSA funds it to see patients regardless of ability to pay.

HRSA records it as a seasonal site that may not run year-round; it is a school-based service site, which can limit who may be seen; it has been in federal health center scope since 2023; it reports 40 operating hours a week, in line with the 40-hour median for health center sites in Rapides Parish.

WINN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC runs 61 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 Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic

Part B pays for the visit at Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic 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 191174 here, so the site bills Medicare directly. It also carries NPI 1063100865.

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 Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic

Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic is required to run a sliding fee scale by household income and size. Ask intake which documents prove it.

Louisiana expanded Medicaid and counted roughly 938,891 Medicare beneficiaries as of 2026-08. Dual eligibility usually brings Extra Help with Part D costs.

Louisiana Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) answers formulary questions free at 1-800-259-5300; statewide rules sit.

Services and specialties

Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic 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

Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic is at 5279 Old Marksville Hwy, Pineville, LA, 71360-9067, Rapides Parish.

The site is registered as seasonal and may close for part of the year.

Pineville measures 1,150 people per square mile: parking is normally on site, transit thinner.

HRSA records 40 operating hours a week here.

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

Call 318-648-0375 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 Ruby Wise Elementary School-Based Clinic

The nearest WINN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC site is Acadian Elementary School Based Clinic in Alexandria, 6.1 miles away.

J.I. Barron Elementary School Based Clinic in Pineville is the next one out, 6.2 miles away.

The closest unrelated listing is RAPIDES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER, listed under Community Care Access, 7 miles away. Distances are straight-line, so a drive is longer.

Rapides Parish carries 50 listings.

The full Louisiana list is.