Program design supported by best practice or documented relationship between interventions and desired outcomes. Significant research and practice, both here and elsewhere, argue for the establishment of a Community Health Center to best serve that segment of the population with special or difficult needs and those residents who are uninsured, and who find cost to be a barrier to care. Community Health Centers are recognized as best practices by the federal Bureau of Primary Healthcare, and are often eligible for federal operating grants and subsidies. What makes the Community Health Center option even more financially compelling in Massachusetts is the availability of the Uncompensated Care Pool to reimburse for services provided to low-income, uninsured individuals. Please see job description for Executive Director, attached.
Applicant demonstrates broad financial participation.
In addition to the above noted project grants, the Board of Directors has just begun an ambitious community fundraising efforts, with large and small opportunities for giving across the Mid- and Upper Cape. All members of the Board have pledged contributions, according to their abilities. The Business Plan envisions aggressive steps to qualify patients for and seek reimbursement from all available insurance and categorical programs. Applicant demonstrates maximizing the value of funding resources. The Board of Directors is an active and working Board, and expects to pitch in to facilitate operation of the Center.