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President Bush launched the Health Centers Initiative to significantly increase access to primary health care services in 1,200 communities through new or expanded health center sites. Between 2001 and 2006, the number of patients treated at health centers increased by over 4.7 million, representing a nearly 50 percent increase in just five years.
PBI Regional Medical Center, Passaic (now St. Mary's Hospital - Passaic) Raritan Valley Hospital, Green Brook, New Jersey [4] Riverdell Hospital, Oradell (closed 1981, demolished 1984) Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital, Lebanon Township; South Amboy Medical Center, South Amboy (now medical offices)
Community health centers that receive federal funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are also called "Federally Qualified Health Centers". There are now more than 1,250 federally supported FQHCs with more than 8,000 service delivery sites.
Aug. 3—The idea was a federally subsidized health program that would serve everybody, regardless of their ability to pay. Medical centers would have community-based leadership through a local ...
The school has more than 500 physician members and 200 clinical programs. Faculty physicians provide clinical care at numerous hospitals and ambulatory care sites throughout the state. The Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a federally qualified health center owned by the medical school, provides more than 60,000 patient encounters.
Rural Health Centers are public, private, or non-profit health centers that provide primary care to Medicaid and Medicare populations in rural areas. RHC status is designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, providing enhanced reimbursements rates for services. A health center cannot be both an RHC and a FQHC.
All Federally Qualified Health Centers and rural health clinics (i.e., facilities which receive federal grants to provide healthcare to underserved populations) are automatically considered HPSAs. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] "Look-a-like" community-based providers which satisfy HRSA regulations for health centers but not the statutory requirements for grants ...
Capital Health Regional Medical Center is a member of Capital Health System. [1] Located in Trenton , New Jersey , Capital Health Regional Medical Center, is a regional academic medical center and state designated trauma center that cares for both complex and routine cases.