Alliance Family Health Center Inc

ALLIANCE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER PROVIDES QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND PROMOTES HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND ACCESS TO SUCH CARE.

AFHC ASPIRES TO BE A WELCOMING, PROGRESSIVE PREMIER HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELLNESS ANCHOR FOR THE GREATER ALLIANCE COMMUNITY. AFHC IS A PRACTICE OF PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSE MIDWIVES, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSES, REFERRAL, AND FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY SPECIALISTS SERVING ALLIANCE AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FROM FULL-SCOPE PRIMARY CARE, INCLUDING MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES, GYNECOLOGICAL, PEDIATRICS, ADOLESCENT, ADULT, AND GERIATRIC-FOCUSED CARE AS WELL AS AN ONSITE LAB, RADIOLOGY, IMMUNIZATIONS, DISEASE SCREENINGS, PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANT PROGRAMS AND PREVENTIVE CARE, AFHC LOOKS TO SERVE AS A BEACON OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT SERVES AND OFFERS IMPORTANT ANCILLARY SERVICES TO PATIENTS, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL REFERRALS, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, ENROLLMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THE CARE MODEL IS DELIVERED WITH ACCESS TO A FULL CONTINUUM OF PROGRAMS INCLUDING HEALTH EDUCATION, CARE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S LIFECYCLE NEEDS, FOCUSING ON TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF THE DISEASES. AFHC'S SECONDARY LOCATION, LOCATED WITHIN THE MASTROIANNI FAMILY CENTER (A HOMELESS SHELTER), CONTINUED TO SERVE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION, PROVIDING PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE AND LABORATORY SERVICES ONE DAY PER WEEK. AFHC'S WOMEN'S HEALTH PRACTICE INCLUDED 7,712 PATIENT VISITS IN 2021 AND SERVICES FOR 221 BIRTHS. PATIENT VISITS FOR AFHC 'S PRIMARY CARE IN 2021 TOTALED 6,156. AFHC OFFERS EVENING HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY HEALTH INCLUDING SAME DAY AND NEXT DAY APPOINTMENTS AND WALK-INS. AFHC OFFERS A SLIDING FEE DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND AFHC'S FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY SPECIALISTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST PATIENTS WITH THE SCREENING PROCESS. WITH AN EMPHASIS OF CARING FOR OUR LOCAL UNDERSERVED POPULATION. MEDICAID ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 50% OF AFHC'S PATIENT REVENUE IN 2021. IN ADDITION, AFHC PROVIDED CHARITY CARE OF $22,403 AND WROTE OFF BAD DEBTS OF $42,076. AFHC'S DESIGNATION AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER LOOK-ALIKE WAS EFFECTIVE 10/1/2018 AND THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE EXPANDING SERVICE AS DETERMINED BY THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO ITS VOLUNTEER BOARD, AFHC IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BY HOSTING AND PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY EVENTS, EVEN DURING A DIFFICULT PANDEMIC YEAR. VOLUNTEER EVENTS INCLUDED COVID-19 TESTING AND COMMUNITY VACCINATION EVENTS, TOTALING 504 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME IN 2021. AFHC OFFERS PANDEMIC RELATED SAFETY MEASURES AND TIPS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. AFHC HOSTED THEIR 6TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER, A DRIVE-THRU EVENT WHICH INVITED OTHER GROUPS AND NONPROFITS TO ATTEND TO SUPPORT BRINGING HEALTHY BABIES INTO THE WORLD. THE STAFF ALSO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES ON COMMUNITY BOARDS TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.