True Health and Health Care Center for Homeless are among 12 health centers in Florida to receive federal funding to expand their services, the Department of Health and Human Services announced today.
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Community health centers are not-for-profit health care organizations that offer care to medically underserved populations and bill based on patients’ ability to pay (California Healthline, 5/6). The money will help improve access to 21,188 patients in the state. Community health centers have provided quality, affordable care for the past five decades and are increasingly becoming the go-to medical resource for working Americans.
“Health centers now provide primary care to one in 14 people living in the United States”, said HRSA Acting Administrator Jim Macrae in a statement.
The future is bright for Livingston Community Health. Because of their efforts, health centers can continue to serve people and communities in need. “Health has a lot to do with our bodies but also it has a lot to do with our environment so we wanted to have this event to have some fun with our patients, share a bit about our programs with them, and find out what their wants and needs for their families”. This includes those who have barriers to medical/dental care such as: low income, cultural or language barriers, no transportation, or may be uninsured.
Froedtert Health’s $15 million commitment comes shortly after the end of a strong fiscal year.
“It should open in the next four months – the beginning of the year”, he said. Over 60 percent of health centers are recognized as patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), something that i2i Systems strongly supports through its advanced and detailed i2iTracks software prevalidation-which provides health centers auto credits across a multitude of NCQA PCMH factors.
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“How to prevent illnesses before someone becomes sick”, says Jolly, “is a huge cost savings to individuals and to the health care system overall”.
