News
Sep 20, 2012
Duke City Clinic Touted as "Model of the Future"
The intent of community health care is to provide routine primary care for low-income patients who otherwise would seek care at costly hospital emergency rooms, Sebelius said.
“This model of high-quality, lower-cost health-care delivery is something that needs to be expanded throughout the country,” Sebelius said after a tour of First Choice Community Healthcare’s South Broadway Clinic.
Our Patient-Centered Healthcare Home makes you feel welcomed and cared for by a team that:
- Knows your health history and goals
- Communicates effectively with you and with each other
- Gives you appointments when you need them
- Coordinates the complexity of labs, prescriptions, referrals and insurance
We go the extra mile to help our patients get help paying for their health care.
- We assist with Medicaid applications
- We help patients find insurance on the Marketplace
- We enroll patients in special programs when they are eligible
- We provide a discount for services based on family size and income