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Katy Trail Receives National Recognition for Patient Centered Medical Home
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Katy Trail Community Health was recently recognized as a patient-centered medical home. It is being recognized as a Level Three Patient Centered Medical Home by The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Katy Trail Community Health is the first in the West Central Missouri area to achieve this distinction. NCQA is a private, non-profit organizationRead More
Study Highlights the Cost-Savings of Community Health Centers
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
The following article was posted on the NACHC website Monday, January 9. Contact: Amy Simmons/Micah Clemens A study published in the January-March Issue of The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management finds that patients who receive a majority of their ambulatory care at Community Health Centers have significantly lower health care costs than other patients. TheRead More
The 2012 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program application opened today. Find out if you are eligible!
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The 2012 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program application opened today. The LRP offers primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health providers the opportunity to have their student loans repaid for serving communities in need. Find out if you are eligible here: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/downloads/lrpataglance.pdf.
Grace Hill Health Centers Featured in St. Louis Post Dispatch
Monday, December 5th, 2011
by Michele Munz, www.stltoday.com The waiting room at the obstetric office in Lake Saint Louis has been transformed. The rows of chairs are moved into a circle. The magazines pushed aside. A blanket covers the television. In one corner, nearly a dozen patients — all about five months along in their pregnancy — take turnsRead More
Most of Missouri Facing Shortage of Primary Care Doctors
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011 By Melissa Miller ~ Southeast Missourian Practicing primary care isn’t glamorous. There’s nothing sexy about treating a sore throat.There are no reality television shows about family physicians like there are about plastic surgeons.Fewer medical students are choosing to go into primary care at a time when demand for their services isRead More