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M Plaska

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PubMed1995

The community health center: an enduring model for the past and future.

This article provides insights into the history of community health centers (CHCs) and the role that they play in providing care to the poor. The mission of the CHC has always been to provide comprehensive primary care services to community residents regardless of their ability to pay. Health centers served an estimated 7 million people in 1993. In the near future, centers will be faced with new challenges. For example, the nationwide momentum toward managed care is defining new areas of growth for health centers, including new forms of practice management and contractual arrangements with other providers.

Community Health Centers↗
PubMed1995

Overview of the Program to Strengthen Primary Care Health Centers: a profile of the grant-making process, the recipients, and their activities.

The Program to Strengthen Primary Care Health Centers supported improvements in operating systems and the development of good business practices at participant centers. This article provides an overview of the Program. Participant centers were small, community-based organizations that served high-need populations and offered a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients. Grants supported activities to increase patient revenues, serve more patients, promote general stability of center operations, expand the kinds of services provided, and enhance nonpatient revenues. Successful organizations needed to take a step back and analyze their options and also to have a good management team.

Community Health Centers↗