FQHC

 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) were established, in part, to provide accessible, continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive patient-centered care. 

As an FQHC, Mosaic Health takes a proactive approach to ensure positive results for the most vulnerable, underserved and uninsured populations by providing primary care services and engaging in outreach, disease prevention, and patient education and self-care management activities in urban and rural communities.

FQHCs provide access to comprehensive primary health care services:

• Family medicine

• Pediatrics

• Family planning, prenatal, and post-partum care

• Dental

• Laboratory

• Behavioral/mental health

• Substance abuse

FQHCs are different from other health care providers; they offer:

• Case Management

• Patient Education

• Translation/Interpretation

• Community Education

FQHCs are a great benefit to the communities they serve because they:

• Improve public health

• Provide needed services such as free immunizations for uninsured children

• Reduce the burden on hospital emergency rooms

• Act as a community voice for health care needs through the Board of Directors

• Offer broader health insurance coverage, such as offering a sliding scale fee structure based on an individual’s or family’s income

• Assist uninsured patients with enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP, and other assistance programs