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July/August 2019 Issue

Congratulations, KPCA Health Center Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) BPHC Quality Improvement 2019 Awardees!

Total Funding to Kentucky: 22 health centers received awards totaling $1,965,411


National Quality Leaders
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc.

Health Center Quality Awardees
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
Community Health Centers of Western Kentucky
Fairview Community Health Center
Family Health Centers, Inc.
Foothills Health & Wellness Center
HealthFirst Bluegrass, Inc.
Juniper Health, Inc.
Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, Inc.
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc.
Sterling Health Solutions, Inc.

  • Access Enhancers: 11 health centers received awards totaling $205,000
  • Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality: 22 health centers received awards totaling $115,000
  • Clinical Quality Improvers: 14 health centers received awards totaling $303,249
  • Health Center Quality Leaders: 11 health centers received awards totaling $411,265
  • Health Disparities Reducers: 8 health centers received awards totaling $157,500
  • National Quality Leaders: 2 health centers received awards totaling $78,397
  • Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition: 16 health centers received awards totaling $695,000
 

2019 HHS Quality Improvement Awards

2019 Integrated Behavioral Health Services Funding Awardees
Kentucky was granted $3,507,000 to support 21 health centers with the IBHS awards!!

Audubon Area Community Care Clinic, Inc.
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
Bluegrass Community Health Center
Community Health Centers of Western Kentucky
Cumberland Family Medical Center, Inc.
Fairview Community Health Center
Family Health Centers, Inc.
Foothills Health & Wellness Center
Grace Community Health Center, Inc. dba Grace Health
Health Help, Inc. DBA White House Clinics
HealthFirst Bluegrass, Inc.
HealthPoint Family Care, Inc.
Juniper Health, Inc.
Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, Inc.
Lewis County Primary Care Center, Inc. dba Primary Plus
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc.
Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation
Park DuValle Community Health Center, Inc.
Pennyroyal Healthcare Services, Inc. dba Community Medical Clinic
Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center
Sterling Health Solutions, Inc.
Triad Health Systems

HRSA Awardee Page

Grace Health
Vice President Pence and Secretary Azar’s visited Manchester, KY to present Grace Health with their funding!
2019 National Health Center Week
National Health Center Week (August 4th-10th) is an annual celebration with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers over the past five decades.
Congratulations to Park DuValle Community Health Center, Inc.'s Shantelle Simpson and Grace Health's Chad Stevens for being recognized in the National Association of Community Health Center's Community Health Forum magazine as Faces of Our Future!
Karen Ditsch is Highlighted as Rural Health Champion in The Bridge's Summer Issue
You can call Karen Ditsch a bit of a guru.

She's certainly a convert. And, she might even be considered a preacher of sorts. Her message: Quality improvement - that systematic approach to analyzing a health care practice's performance and looking for ways to improve it - is important. Very important.

Read More (Page 12)
5 Locations, 1 Community

In early August Park DuValle Community Health Center opened their 5th location (4th satellite location) in Henry County, Kentucky. The Henry County Community Health Center (HCCHC) is located in the Henry County Health Department in New Castle, Kentucky.

The opening of the Henry County location means that Park DuValle Community Health Center now owns and operates 5 locations in Louisville and the surrounding areas.

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The Bridge Summer Issue spotlighted Cumberland Family Medical Center
CFMC is using their training events to educate staff on patient care!

About five years ago, administrators at CFMC opted to start a summer training program - this day-long event allows for efficient transmission of information to staff members who were all assembled at the same location, at the same time.

Read More (Page 15)
Stay Up-to-Date with Cumberland Family Medical Clinic News!
Read about their Successful Operational site visit, celebrating years of service, annual training , and much more!

Read More
Rebecca Sears, APRN of Grace Health's Women's Care Participates in "Q & A" for the National Health Service Corps
Check out page 14 in the 2019 Summer Issue of the The Bridge for the interview!

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Have an event or someone you'd like to have highlighted? Please send your articles to Lindey Young, lyoung@kypca.net.
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