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Unlocking the PowerThe Story of Community Health Centers
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You Are a Part of the Story!
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A Great Need for Affordable and Accessible Medical Care
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The War on Poverty
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In the 1960s, as President Johnson's "War on Poverty" began to ripple
through America, the first proposal for the U.S. version of a community health center sprung to life at the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Funding was approved in 1965 for the first two neighborhood health
center demonstration projects, one in Boston, Massachusetts, and the other in Mound Bayou, Mississippi.
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Two Men Led the Effort
H. Jack GeigerCount D. Gibson
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They Saw the Community Need & The Community
Solution
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They Believed in Health Care as a Human
Right
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Geiger’s & Gibson’s Health Centers Quickly Replicated
Codman Square Health Center is part of a large network of Community
Health Centers in the Boston area descended from that
first center in the Columbia Point Housing Project.
Chicago w Denver w Watts (L.A.)
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Dr. King’s Dream
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and
inhumane.”
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Congress also helped stake out this new direction in health care by passing several pieces of
legislation:
Social Security Act was amended with the
passage of the Kerr-Mills measure (1960), provided states with grant money for the medically
indigent. Two years later, Migrant Health Act was signed
into law, created rural clinics where migrant workers could find
health care as they moved from place to place,
Passage of the landmark Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 that marked the birth of America’s
Community Health Centers.
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The health center model that emerged targeted the roots of poverty by combining the
resources of local communities with federal
funds to establish neighborhood clinics in both rural and urban areas around
America.
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It was a formula that:
Empowered communities. Generated compelling proof that affordable and
accessible health care produced compounding benefits.
Reduced health disparities. Lowered infant mortality rates. Reduced chronic disease. Created jobs. Produced cost-savings for the health care system
by reducing the need for acute care at hospital emergency rooms.
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The passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 also provided much needed benefits to the elderly, disabled, and families
living in poverty.
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In 1975, Congress permanently authorized neighborhood health
centers as "community and migrant health centers," and in
later years added primary health care programs for residents of
public housing and the homeless to the portfolio of programs.
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The Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996
combined these authorities under Section 330 of the Public
Health Service Act (PHSA) to create the consolidated health centers program and what is now known as Community, Migrant, Public Housing and Homeless Health Centers.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care
(BPHC) currently administers the program, within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Health centers:
Now constitute an integral part of the nation’s health delivery system.
Is the only health care system controlled in partnership with patients.
Governed by a community board with a patient majority-- a patient democracy.
Patients do not just pay for their health care, they also "have a say" in how their health care is delivered.
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The patient-majority governing board is among the five core statutory requirements that
every health center must meet in order to receive federal
funding.
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Patient Leadership
Shouldn’t Patients Have a Say?
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The other requirements are:
Location in a federally designated medically underserved area.
Have nonprofit, public, or tax exempt status.
Provide comprehensive primary health care services, referrals and other services needed to facilitate access to care, such as case management, translation, and transportation.
Provide services to all in their service area, regardless of ability to pay, and offer a sliding fee schedule that adjusts charges for care according to family income.
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Today, almost forty years after they started:
America's health centers are helping communities meet escalating health needs and address costly and devastating health problems.
Health centers and their innovative programs in primary care and prevention span urban and rural communities across the nation.
serve as the family doctor and health care home for more than 15 million people.
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What are Health Centers?
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Community health centers are local, non-profit, community-owned health care providers
serving low income and medically underserved
communities.
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The national network of health centers have provided high-quality, affordable primary
care and preventive services, and often provide on-site dental,
pharmaceutical, and mental health and substance abuse
services.
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Known as Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), they
are located in areas where care is needed but scarce, and
improve access to care for millions of Americans regardless
of their insurance status or ability to pay.
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Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs):
Their costs of care rank among the lowest.
Reduce the need for more expensive in-patient and specialty care.
Save billions of dollars for taxpayers.Over 1,000 community, migrant, and
homeless health centers serve 3,600 urban and rural communities in every state and territory.
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Who Do Health Centers Serve?
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Health centers serve: As the medical home and family physician to 15
million people nationally. Patients are among the nation’s most vulnerable
populations. Half of health center patients reside in rural
areas. One in five low income children. Nearly 70% of health center patients have
family incomes at or below poverty. Nearly 40% of health center patients are
uninsured and another 36% depend on Medicaid.
Two-thirds of health center patients are members of racial and ethnic minorities.
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How Do Health Centers Overcome Barriers To Care?
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They:
Located in high-need areas. Open to all residents. Tailor their services to fit the
special needs and priorities of their communities.
Offer services that help their patients access health care.
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For many patients, the health center may be the only source of health care services available.
In fact, the number of uninsured patients at health centers is
rapidly growing – from around 3.9 million in 1998 to over 5.9
million today.
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How Do Health Centers Make A Difference?
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Key to health centers’ accomplishments is patient
involvement in service delivery.
Governing boards – the majority of which must be patients according to grant requirements – manage health center operations. Board members serve as community representatives
and make decisions on services provided. Active patient
management of health centers assures responsiveness to local
needs.
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Health centers improve the quality of life for millions of patients in the following
ways:
Improve Access to Primary and Preventive Care
Effective Management of Chronic Illness
Reduction of Health Disparities Cost-Effective Care High Quality of Care Fewer Infant Deaths Create Jobs and Stimulate Economic
Growth
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Why Is Investing In Health Centers Important?
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Investing in health centers produces:
Improved health outcomes and quality of life. Reductions in health disparities for millions of
Americans Leads to reductions in national health care
spending. On average receive only 26% of their total
revenue from federal grants. Largest single source of revenue is Medicaid:
Representing 36% of total revenue and 64% of all patient-related revenue.
Cited as one of the 10 most successful federal programs
Expanded investment in health centers will guarantee improved health outcomes for millions more Americans and further cost savings.
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Will You Invest in Your Community Health Center?