CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes — Helotes, Texas

About CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes

CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes is a federally qualified health center site in Helotes, Bexar County. HRSA funds it to see patients regardless of ability to pay.

It has been in federal health center scope since 2019; it reports 55 operating hours a week, above the 45-hour median for health center sites in Bexar County.

Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care Center, Inc. runs 32 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 CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes

Part B pays for the visit at CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes 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 451074 here, so the site bills Medicare directly. It also carries NPI 1063067502.

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 CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes

CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes is required to run a sliding fee scale by household income and size. Ask intake which documents prove it.

Texas has not expanded Medicaid and counted roughly 4,770,640 Medicare beneficiaries as of 2026-08. Eligibility under 65 is narrower here, though dual eligibility still cuts Part D costs.

Texas Health Information, Counseling, and Advocacy Program (HICAP) answers formulary questions free at 1-800-252-9240; statewide rules sit.

Services and specialties

CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes 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

CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes is at 12850 Bandera Rd, Ste 106, Helotes, TX, 78023-2302, Bexar County.

Helotes measures 741 people per square mile: parking is normally on site, transit thinner.

HRSA records 55 operating hours a week here.

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

Call 210-233-7000 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 CommuniCare Health Centers - Helotes

The nearest Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care Center, Inc. site is San Antonio Specialty Health & Sports Medicine - Northwest in San Antonio, 2.5 miles away.

Apollo Wellness in San Antonio is the next one out, 4.7 miles away.

The closest unrelated listing is CentroMed SA Pediatrics, listed under Community Care Access, 5 miles away. Distances are straight-line, so a drive is longer.

Bexar County carries 52 listings.

The full Texas list is.