A MOTHER PRESENTED to a
federally funded health center in labor.
Local
federally funded health center projects were started 35 years ago to provide access to health care for lower-income working families, minorities, rural residents, homeless people and farm workers who lack health insurance.
Excluded initially but later rectified because of a protest, one representative of a
federally funded health center was added.
In 2015, of the 36,016 residents accessing any health service at the four
federally funded health centers headquartered in North Dakota, 329 were migrant farmers, 2,224 were homeless residents, and 1,070 were veterans.
Jerry Brown last week signed a law allowing
federally funded health centers and rural clinics to bill Medi-Cal for the services of licensed marriage and family therapists.
The other two
federally funded health centers in Worcester are Edward M.
Patients at
federally funded health centers often receive better quality care and experience fewer hospitalizations and office visits than patients who do not receive primary care services at health centers, found a study published in April in Health Services Research.
Federally funded health centers, authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, provide primary care, as well as some dental and behavioral health services, to residents of medically underserved areas.
Other stimulus package funding was designated by the Department of Health and Human Services for chronic disease prevention and wellness programs as well as for information technology at large
federally funded health centers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will administer $373 million for the chronic disease programs and community-based approaches that increase physical activity,, improve nutrition, and decrease obesity Eighteen grants totaling more than $22 million will fund information technology in medicine, the department said.
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) has requested Congress fund the installation of electronic medical records (EMRs) at
federally funded health centers that serve low-income, uninsured and homeless patients.
Democrats for Life, the group organizing the campaign, says the legislation will include federal funding for a toll-free hotline providing information for pregnant women, pregnancy prevention education, grants for pregnant women to continue their education, a ban on "pre-existing condition" clauses that prevent pregnant women from receiving health insurance, a requirement that
federally funded health centers provide adoption referral services to pregnant women and give accurate information on the health risks of an abortion, and other programs.