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Health First Celebrates National Health Center Week 2018

August 7, 2018

National Campaign Celebrates Health Care Heroes

Health First Community Health Center will host a week of staff and community events to mark National Health Center Week 2018.  The event is part of a national campaign during the week of August 12th-18h to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers and the dedicated staff who bring health care to the medically underserved.

Visit one of our convenient clinic locations during the dates and times listed below for FREE ice cream (courtesy of Adams Breezy Hill Farm) and to take a spin on the prize wheel! Screenings will be offered to determine if you qualify for any of our patient assistance programs. Free blood pressure checks and BMI screenings will be available throughout the week, no appointment necessary.

8/13 Monday
11am-2pm  Owensboro
3-6pm  Calhoun

8/14 Tuesday
11am-2pm  Providence
3-6pm  Clay

8/15 Wednesday
11am-2pm  Earlington
3-6pm  Princeton

8/16 Thursday
11am-2pm Henderson

Health First is part of a nationwide network of health centers that serve more than 27 million Americans.  Health centers have compiled a significant record of success that includes:

  • Producing $24 billion in annual health system savings
  • Reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and unnecessary visits to the emergency room
  • Treating patients for a fraction of the average cost of one emergency room visit
  • Maintaining patient satisfaction levels of nearly 100 percent
  • Serving more than one in six Medicaid beneficiaries for less than two percent of the national Medicaid budget
  • Lowering the cost of children’s primary care by approximately 35 percent

The heroes who work at health centers and help make affordable health care possible for people in need are at the center of this year’s NHCW.  More than 205,000 people work at health centers in positions that include clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, dentists and dental hygienists, behavioral health specialists, and much more.  Working together, these health care heroes produce innovative solutions to the most pressing health care issues in their communities. They reach beyond the walls of conventional medicine to address the factors that may cause sickness, such as lack of nutrition, mental illness, homelessness and substance use disorders. It is their work that has helped reduce health care costs and reduce chronic disease, generating a record of success and along with it a long tradition of bipartisan support in Congress.

To learn more about National Health Center Week and the listing of events please visit: www.healthcenterweek.org.

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This health center receives Health and Human Services (HHS) funding and has federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals." For more information, please see http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/ftca/ [Regulations: 42 U.S.C. 254b and 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n)]


Este Centro de Salud recibe fondos de los Servicios Humanos y de Salud (Health and Human Services -HHS) y cuenta con el estatus de Servicio Público de Salud (Public Health Service -PHS) federal, con respecto a ciertas reclamaciones de salud o relacionadas con la salud, incluyendo malas prácticas médicas, para la institución misma y los individuos cubiertos”. Para más información, por favor consulte http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/ftca/