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In particular, they serve underserved, underinsured, and uninsured Americans, including migrant workers and non-U.S. citizens. [ 5 ] FQHCs provide their services to all persons regardless of ability to pay, and charge for services on a community board approved sliding-fee scale that is based on patients' family income and size.
To qualify as FQHC, CHCs receive cost-related reimbursement rates from Medicare or Medicaid, operate as a non-profit, and require a patient-majority community board [16]. While CHCs still retain their historical commitment to responding to community needs, through mechanisms such as requiring at least 51% of governing board members to be ...
FQHCs that meet all the federal health center program requirements but don't receive health center grant funding are called FQHC look-alikes. These FQHCs are typically non-profit community health centers and regional clinical associations.
Located in the agricultural city of Parlier, California, United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose main purpose is to be "committed to the lifetime wellness of our communities by providing accessible, comprehensive quality health care to everyone, including farm worker families and the ...
The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (CBWCHC), founded in 1971, is a nonprofit organization and Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City. [1] The Health Center provides high-quality and affordable primary health care to members of the community with a focus on Asian Americans.
Over the past quarter century, Slattery’s for-profit prison enterprises have run afoul of the Justice Department and authorities in New York, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Texas for alleged offenses ranging from condoning abuse of inmates to plying politicians with undisclosed gifts while seeking to secure state contracts.
The Institute for Family Health is a not-for-profit health organization. Founded in 1983, the institute is one of the largest community health centers in New York State. It serves over 85,000 patients annually [1] at 31 locations [2] in the Bronx, Manhattan and the mid-Hudson Valley. [3] The institute is a federally qualified health center ...
Poison Profits. A HuffPost / WNYC investigation into lead contamination in New York City