Health Center Program

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The Health Center Program is a U.S. federal initiative that funds and supports community-based health centers to provide comprehensive primary care services, particularly for underserved and vulnerable populations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Health Center Program canonical 3
Health Center Program designees 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government program ⓘ
federal health program ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Primary Health Care ⓘ
Health Resources and Services Administration ⓘ
associatedWith Federally Qualified Health Centers ⓘ
benefit improved access to primary care ⓘ
reduced health disparities ⓘ
reduced preventable hospitalizations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
emphasis care for special populations ⓘ
community participation in governance ⓘ
culturally competent care ⓘ
geographic access to care ⓘ
focus community-based health centers ⓘ
comprehensive primary care services ⓘ
fundingMechanism competitive grants ⓘ
formula-based funding adjustments ⓘ
fundingType federal grant program ⓘ
legalBasis Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act ⓘ
monitoredBy Government Accountability Office ⓘ
oversightBy Congress of the United States ⓘ
partOf U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
payerMix Medicaid patients ⓘ
Medicare patients ⓘ
privately insured patients ⓘ
self-pay patients ⓘ
performanceMeasurement Uniform Data System ⓘ
populationHealthFocus community health outcomes ⓘ
primaryGoal expand access to primary health care ⓘ
serve medically underserved populations ⓘ
requires governing board with patient majority ⓘ
needs assessment of service area ⓘ
provision of services regardless of ability to pay ⓘ
quality improvement and assurance program ⓘ
sliding fee discount program ⓘ
scopeOfProject defined service area and services ⓘ
serviceType behavioral health services ⓘ
enabling services ⓘ
oral health services ⓘ
preventive health services ⓘ
primary health care ⓘ
substance use disorder services ⓘ
supports Federally Qualified Health Center look-alikes ⓘ
community health centers ⓘ
health care for the homeless centers ⓘ
migrant health centers ⓘ
public housing primary care ⓘ
targetPopulation low-income individuals ⓘ
underinsured individuals ⓘ
underserved populations ⓘ
uninsured individuals ⓘ
vulnerable populations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of Primary Health Care → oversees → Health Center Program ⓘ
Uniform Data System → usedBy → Health Center Program designees ⓘ
linked to: Health Center Program