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Clinic Type

Primary Care

Address

5818 Columbia Ave, Hammond, IN

Phone

219-261-5451

Email

Opening Hours

Our Medicare doctors are available from 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

Services Offered

  • Primary Care
  • Chronic Condition Care
  • Wellness & Preventive Care
  • Immunizations
  • Laboratory & Testing Services
  • Specialty Care
  • Behavioral Health
  • Podiatry
  • Pharmacy

Insurance & Payment

  • Original Medicare Part A
  • Original Medicare Part B
  • Medicare Advantage plans
  • Medicare Supplement / Medigap
  • Medicare-Medicaid Plans
  • Medicare Supplement/Medigap

Oak Street Health Hammond accepts most Medicare plans and Medicare-related coverages; specific plan acceptance varies by patient and carrier.

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish

Current Offers

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FAQs

What are the hours of operation at the Hammond primary care clinic?

Our Medicare doctors are available from 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • Oak Street Health Hammond Primary Care Clinic (Oak Street Health site): 4.5 out of 5 (254 written reviews)
  • Oak Street Health Hammond Primary Care Clinic (Birdeye): 4.3 out of 5 (102 reviews)
  • Oak Street Health Hammond Primary Care Clinic (Healthgrades): Excellent / physician rating present (no explicit star value in snippet) (87 ratings (per snippet))
  • Regional Health Systems - Hammond Primary Care (Birdeye): 3.0 out of 5 (15 reviews)

Patients praise

  • Generally favorable ratings for Oak Street Health Hammond Primary Care Clinic
  • Friendly/professional staff and personalized preventive care plans (BestProsInTown summary)
  • Some patients report smooth, positive experiences (scheduling through care)

Common complaints

  • Long appointment wait times / scheduling difficulties (Birdeye)
  • Problems with prescriptions or needing to come in person (Birdeye)
  • Complaints about staff attitudes, phone hang-ups, and poor handling of blood draws or exams (Birdeye for Regional Health Systems)
  • Unsanitary impressions mentioned in a snippet on Oak Street Health site

"“To sit around for 45 minutes is a LONG time in my … I am a caregiver and don’t have a lot of … . To sit around for 45 … and STILL not … .”"

Birdeye review excerpt for Oak Street Health Hammond Primary Care Clinic

"“I walked out and will not be back.”"

Birdeye review excerpt for Oak Street Health Hammond Primary Care Clinic

"“they all have attitudes and they hang up the phone.”"

Birdeye review excerpt for Regional Health Systems - Hammond Primary Care

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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