Childhood Obesity Preventer

Alliance for Rural Community Health (ARCH) was founded in 1998 by community health center organizations in Mendocino County. The group came together to seek collaborative ways of addressing community health care issues in a cost-effective and efficient manner and are committed to work together to facilitate resource development, concentrate and strengthen advocacy efforts, and share resources.

Founded in 1972, Golden Valley Health Centers is dedicated to improving the health of our patients by providing quality, primary health care services to people in the communities we serve regardless of language, financial or cultural barriers. As a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center system they operate clinical and dental sites in Merced and Stanislaus counties.

Incorporated in 1998, Central Valley Health Network is comprised of 15 Community Health Center corporations designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). CVHN was established to conduct advocacy at national, state, and local levels on behalf of its Central Valley membership of FQHC’s and their unique patient population specific to the Valley. CVHN’s network is also recognized nationally as one of the largest network of Migrant Health Centers serving rural, farm-working populations and their families.

The Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles (CCALAC) was founded in 1994, alongside their 62 memebers  they share a common mission to promote community clinics and health centers as providers and advocates for expanding access to quality comprehensive health care for medically underserved people in Los Angeles County.

The Community Clinic Consurtium was established in Contra Costa County in 2004, and provides representation and support to 26 non-profit community health center sites and their patients. The Consortium works at the county, state and federal government levels to advocate for funding and policy changes that help health centers meet the diverse health care and social service needs of almost 200,000 patients annually. The Consortium also serves as a local resource for clinic staff, clients and the community.

Founded in 1996, Community Health Center Network (CHCN) is committed to excellent, affordable care for underserved communities of the East Bay. We are a non-profit Medi-Cal managed care organization, providing business administrative support for community health centers to focus on what matters most–patients. CHCN was formed to participate more effectively in newly-launched state managed care programs. The formation of CHCN built upon 20 years of collaboration in health policy and advocacy work through the Alameda Health Consortium.

Founded in 1994, The North Coast Clinics Network (NCCN) is a consortium of community health centers working to improve the Health Outcomes of our under-served populations. NCCN’s member clinics and health centers are working together to improve access to high quality medical, mental and dental health care for all people, regardless of their ability to pay, through information sharing, community education , shared administrative activities and direct service projects. The North Coast Clinics Network’s thirteen Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) member organizations span an area that encompasses three rural counties in the Northwest corner of California.

SFCCC, a network of nine community-based nonprofit health centers operating from 21 sites, is a recognized leader and valued collaborator in the local health care safety net. Founded in 1982, they remain steadfastly committed to the patient populations served by partner health centers: the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved members of San Francisco’s diverse communities. SFCCC focuses on the big picture of the health care environment so that their partner health centers’ tradition of community-based health care is preserved.

This guide provides examples and overviews of patient portal considerations for minors as it relates to Meaningful Use, HIPAA. state consent laws and associated policies. The articles and presentations included for download and linked to from related websites include use cases and examples from multiple states and national level guidelines.

This 2014 California study compared state Medicaid (Medi-Cal) utilization of a population of adults served by a health center to those in the population who were not. The study found that health center patients were less likely to have an inpatient stay, hospital readmission, and emergency room visit.