Pediatrics
Our Patient Centered Pediatrics Clinic at the 23rd Medical Group - Moody Air Force Base provides preventive and acute care to eligible family members of active duty and retired service members, from newborn to 18 years of age.
We work together as a team to make sure your child’s medical needs are met with the utmost care and compassion.
Services Provided
Available services include diagnosis and treatment of:
- Well Baby checkups
- Annual Physical Exams, School/Camp Physicals and Sports Pre-Participation Physicals
- Acute Care (Sore Throat, Ear Infections, Pink Eye, Abdominal Pain, Constipation, Colds, Pneumonia)
- Asthma
- Developmental Delays
- Pediatric Rashes, including Eczema, Acne, Diaper Rashes and Viral Rashes
- Vomiting and Diarrhea
- Bronchiolitis and Influenza
- Headaches
Walk in Services
Moody Air Force Base does not have a walk-in sick call.
Walk-in vision and hearing screenings are held Monday-Friday, 8-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
If the appointment line is unable to immediately schedule you, the nurse will review your message, triage your needs, and contact you with a course of action.
Georgia School Forms and Sports Physicals
The state of Georgia requires completion of a state Department of Public Health Form 3300 to attend school. Walk-in vision and hearing screenings are held Monday-Friday, 8-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Your child's immunizations must be up to date for base child care and school registration. Pediatric patients are considered high-risk for influenza; parents should consider an annual flu shot for their children.
We conduct multiple school sports physical days per year; otherwise, these special exams require a scheduled appointment. Sports physical day is announced several weeks before the event and is open to all enrolled beneficiaries.
Well-Child Exam
Your child should have preventive care visits at 1 week, 2 weeks, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 2 years, and annually thereafter.
Telephone Consult (TCON)
Telephone consults are requests that can be completed without an appointment. These shouldn’t be confused with virtual appointments.
- Call the appointment line at 229-257-APPT (2778) to request a TCON message to be sent to your child’s PCM
- Providers will review the TCON and determine the best action needed to grant the request
- Once a TCON is in place, the provider has t business days to respond; a nurse or technician will contact the patient’s sponsor with the provider’s response
Message Requests
Requests for items that may not require an appointment (e.g., medication renewals, referral renewals, lab/test results, immunization records, etc.) can be done in the form of a message to your child’s PCM team.
- To message the team on “non-urgent” matters, personnel must activate and log into their MHS GENESIS Patient Portal
- Once a message request is placed, the provider has three business days to respond
- Administrative documents may take up to 10 business days to complete.
- A nurse or technician will contact the patient’s sponsor with the provider’s response
Schedule an Appointment
Patient’s sponsor/parent should contact the Appointment Line at 229-257-APPT (2778) to schedule an appointment.
If the appointment line is unable to immediately schedule you, request a message to be sent to the Dependent Care team nurse. The nurse will review your message, triage your needs, and contact you with a course of action.
Patients can also schedule an appointment, view your medical health record, request a prescription refill, check a lab result, or send a message to your health care team by logging into your MHS GENESIS Patient Portal.
Military Health System Nurse Advice Line
After hours, weekends and holidays, care advice is available by calling the MHS Nurse Advice Line.
Call 1-800-TRICARE (874-2273), Option 1, to speak with a nurse.
The MHS Nurse Advice Line is available 24/7 by phone, web chat, and video chat.
Contact the MHS Nurse Advice Line 24/7 to:
- Get evidence-based health care advice from a registered nurse
- Find an urgent care or emergency care facility
- Receive recommendations for the most appropriate level of care
- Schedule same or next day appointments when recommended by a registered nurse and enrolled at a military hospital or clinic
- Get an online "absence excuse" or "sick slip" when medically appropriate, subject to service or command requirements
