Free Consultation Service: Hepatitis C Patient Management Support for Providers

The University of California, San Francisco’s, Clinician Consultation Center (CCC) provides hepatitis C (HCV) patient management consultation services to providers managing patients with HCV and co-morbidities such as HIV or substance use. The CCC provides up-to-date expert advice to support clinicians in managing their patients. The clinician-to clinician guidance is based on national screening and treatment guidelines, current scientific findings, and best clinical practices.

The CCC has been providing consultation services on HIV/AIDS to support clinicians for more than 25 years and has now made this service available for decision-making to support hepatitis C patient management including treatment regimen selection and dosing, co-morbidities, toxicity and complications, and special populations.

Specific consultation topics include:

• HCV transmission & prevention
• HCV screening & diagnostic testing 
• HCV evaluation & monitoring 
• Regimen selection
• Re-treatment strategies
• Co-infection (HCV-HIV, HCV-HBV)
• HCV and special populations (chronic kidney disease, cirrhosis, pregnancy)

The HCV consultation service is free and confidential and clinicians are available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST. Voice mail and online case submission is available 24 hours a day. Questions are answered as soon as possible and many are answered within two hours.

To access the service call (844) HEP-INFO or (844) 437-4636.

There is also an online form to submit non-urgent hepatitis C management consultation requests, using the CCC’s electronic Clinician Consultation Service (e-CCS). Click here for more information on Hepatitis C Management for providers.

Access to high quality health care and viral hepatitis treatment are important strategies that can support the achievement of the goals of the National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan. Download the plan and learn how to get involved.