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National health center week

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AUGUST 2009-High Plains Community Health joins the rest of America’s more than 1,200 Community Health Centers today in kicking off National Health Center Week 2009 (August 9-15, 2009). The theme of the week, “Where Access and Quality Care Begin,” highlights health centers’ roles as “health care homes” for some 18 million people in America, providing primary and preventive care and a range of services.  High Plains Community Health Center serves 8,000 patients in our community each year – a number that is increasing due to layoffs and cutbacks during the economic downturn.  Health center patients pay on an income-based sliding fee scale; no one is turned away, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

 

“Everyone should have the choice of a Community Health Center as their health care home,” said Jay Brooke, CEO of High Plains Community Health Center.  “We provide high-quality services that emphasize primary care and wellness so that families can stay healthy and out of hospitals.  National Health Center Week is a time to spread the message that we need to invest in an accessible and affordable community health system that can reduce disparities, improve health and achieve cost savings.”

 

The spotlight comes at a time when the American Recovery or Reinvestment Act (ARRA), or the federal economic stimulus bill, has made increased access to care possible.   Community Health Centers were among the first recipients of stimulus funding; $338 million in so-called Increased Demand for Services grants will enable health centers to provide quality care to an additional 2.1 million patients over the next two years, including 100,000 in Colorado

 

Long-term, health centers are envisioned as a major part of the solution for providing care to the 60 million people in the United States who are – according to a report by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) – medically disenfranchised.  A health center plan called ACCESS for All America has the goal of preserving, strengthening and expanding health centers, ultimately providing affordable, high-quality care to all medically underserved.

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