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Third-party insurance helps improve quality of health care at NHCC
April 16, 2019 — Like the private health care industry, the cost of providing health care services to Department of Defense’s active-duty personnel, their dependents, retirees and their survivors or dependents, has increased dramatically and will likely continue to rise. To defray costs, Congress created the Third-Party Collection Program in 1986, requiring all military treatment facilities to recover some of these costs by third-party civilian insurance carriers. Naval Health Clinic Charleston has been participating in the Third-Party Collection Program and provides all non-active duty beneficiaries a DD Form 2569 to file in order to be issued a Compliance Card... MORE

Capt. Dale Barrette
Naval Health Clinic Charleston Commanding Officer

Naval Health Clinic Charleston names Junior Officer of the Year
February 12, 2019 — Navy Lt. Anthony Waite, Jr., a conscious sedation nurse and division officer for Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s Staff Education and Training, was recently named NHCC’s Junior Officer of the Year... MORE

Navy Lt. Anthony Waite, Jr., was recently named Junior Officer of the Year for Naval Health Clinic Charleston, located at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. - Naval Weapons Station, where Waite serves as a conscious sedation nurse and division officer for NHCC’s Staff Education and Training.

Navy Medicine East Command Master Chief speaks to Sailors at NHCC
August 13, 2018 — Navy Medicine East Command Master Chief Michael Hinkle visited Sailors of Naval Health Clinic Charleston Aug. 7, 2018, about the future of military medicine. During his visit to NHCC, Hinkle was briefed by the Sailors about the many proactive initiatives they are engaged in to provide the best care to NHCC beneficiaries and to support the NHCC’s mission, as well as the Navy’s mission... MORE

Navy Medicine East Command Master Chief Michael Hinkle speaks to Sailors of Naval Health Clinic Charleston Aug. 7, 2018, about the future of military medicine.

NHCC announces coveted 'Provider of the Year' award
July 2, 2018 — Navy Lt. Matthew Middendorf, a physician in NHCC’s Undersea Medicine Department, was named Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s Provider of the Year. He said he was humbled when he found out he had won the coveted award... MORE

Athens, Ga., native Navy Lt. Matthew Middendorf, left, a physician at Naval Health Clinic Charleston, located at Joint Base Charleston in Goose Creek, S.C., receives a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from NHCC Executive Officer Capt. Kathleen Hinz during an award ceremony in April. Middendorf was recently named NHCC’s Provider of the Year.

JB Charleston volunteer honored for 43 years of selfless service
June 11, 2018 — An American Red Cross volunteer serving at Naval Health Clinic Charleston was awarded the Exceptional Volunteer Award for Service to the Armed Forces June 5, 2018, from the American Red Cross, Palmetto, South Carolina Region. For the past 43 years, Monheit has assisted thousands of service members, their families, patients and staff members alike at U.S. military treatment facilities around the globe... MORE

Sharon Monheit, second to right, an American Red Cross volunteer serving at the Naval Health Clinic Charleston Pharmacy, was awarded the Exceptional Volunteer Award for service to the Armed Forces from Karen Cook, second to left, program manager for the Service to the Armed Forces, American Red Cross Palmetto, South Carolina Region, and NHCC Commanding Officer, Capt. Dale Barrette, far right, June 5, 2018, at NHCC, located on Joint Base Charleston – Naval Weapons Station.

Navy Medicine East visits NHCC
November 16, 2016 — Navy Rear Admiral Kenneth Iverson, commander, Navy Medicine East (right), presents Navy Lieutenant Jonathan Carmack, quality management assistant for Naval Health Clinic Charleston, South Carolina, a coin Nov. 15, 2016. During Iverson's visit to NHCC, he recognized and engaged with Department of the Navy and Veterans Affairs personnel while touring... MORE

Navy Rear Admiral Kenneth Iverson, commander, Navy Medicine East (right), presents Navy Lieutenant Jonathan Carmack, quality management assistant for Naval Health Clinic Charleston, South Carolina, a coin Nov. 15, 2016. During Iverson's visit to NHCC, he recognized and engaged with Department of the Navy and Veterans Affairs personnel while touring the joint ambulatory care clinic.

NHCC provides care on the move
September 13, 2016 — Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s staff consists of highly skilled military and civilian professionals dedicated to providing the gold standard of patient-centered, health care to service members, family members and veterans. One component of our beneficiaries is active duty service members. Whether we’re ensuring our active duty service members... MORE

Naval Health Clinic Charleston is made up of highly skilled military and civilian professionals dedicated to providing the gold standard of patient-centered, health care to service members, family members and veterans. NHCC health care workers provide a bridge to accessible and critical, but easy to understand medical care. (Courtesy Photo)