Blue Plus Teams Up with Odam Medical Group to Expand Mobile Clinic Service Area, Offerings and Add Mobile Mammography Unit

EAGAN, Minn. (December 19, 2024) – Blue Plus, the health maintenance organization (HMO) affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) is collaborating with Odam Medical Group to expand the service area of its Mobile Clinic to include Polk and Rice counties and increase its care offerings.

Housed in a converted RV, the Mobile Clinic has been bringing the same services offered in a primary care clinic to homes in 16 Central Minnesota counties since 2022. The Mobile Clinic has now expanded its care offerings to include bone density screening for seniors.

“We know access to reliable transportation is a major barrier to care, especially in rural areas of the state and among immigrant populations,” said Chris Reiten, Vice President of Medicaid at Blue Cross. “The feedback from patients who have received care from the Mobile Clinic is incredibly positive, so we are thrilled to build on our relationship with Odam Medical Group to increase access to important preventive care services and meet even more Minnesotans where they are.”

Sponsored by Blue Cross, Odam Medical Group has also added a new converted RV equipped with a mammography unit to its Mobile Clinic fleet.

“Early detection for breast cancer can vastly improve health outcomes,” said Dr. Robert Larbi-Odam, Founder of Odam Medical Group. “Adding mammograms to our services will make it easier for patients to get their recommended screenings, especially in counties where they would otherwise need to travel long distances for an appointment.”

The new services are available immediately to patients of all ages who are either enrolled in public programs, have commercial health insurance or are uninsured. These are in addition to the following preventive care services offered by the Mobile Clinic:

• Khám sàng lọc và đánh giá sức khỏe trẻ em
• Kiểm soát bệnh hen ở trẻ nhỏ
• Xét nghiệm thai kỳ
• Chăm sóc tiền sản
• Chăm sóc sau sinh
• Xét nghiệm tế bào cổ tử cung và các thăm khám sàng lọc định kỳ khác
• Vắc-xin
• Xét nghiệm và kiểm soát tiểu đường
• Chăm sóc chân khi mắc bệnh tiểu đường
• Kiểm soát cân nặng
• Quản lý thuốc
• Đánh giá nguy cơ té ngã cho người cao tuổi
• Chích ngừa cho người cao tuổi
• Kiểm tra và điều trị cao huyết áp
• Các yếu tố xã hội quyết định đến tầm soát sức khỏe và giới thiệu chuyển tuyến
• Đánh giá sức khỏe hành vi và giới thiệu chuyển tuyến

The Mobile Clinic team speaks Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Hmong, Vietnamese, English, Dari, Pashto and Urdu, with interpreter services available for other languages.

To schedule an appointment with the Mobile Clinic, call 612-871-2312 or schedule online at odammedicalgroup.com.