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About Us
What is a Community Health Center?
Access Community Health Centers, (formerly Madison Community Health Center), is one of a family of more than 1,000 health centers nationally that provide care to more than 15 million people in the United States. Community health centers are local, non-profit health care providers serving low income and medically underserved communities. Also known as Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), they are located in areas where care is needed, and improve access to care for millions of Americans. Their costs of care rank among the lowest, and their focus on prevention reduces the need for more expensive in-patient and specialty care, saving billions of dollars for taxpayers.
How many people are served by Access Community Health Centers?
Access Community Health Centers serves over 12,000 Dane County residents with medical services and over 6,000 with dental services each year.
Who are the people served by Access Community Health Centers?
Our patients come from every community in Dane County and all walks of life. We specialize in working with patients who have barriers to accessing the health care that they need.
Our staff excels at providing high quality health care services and in helping our patients remove the barriers they face in accessing care. We make sure each day that our patients have the knowledge, skills and resources they need to achieve their best health
How does Access Community Health Centers connect patients to the care they need?
Like all community health centers, we help people access primary medical, dental, and behavioral health care by providing services that address barriers to care. Our Sliding Discount Program makes services affordable to patients with the fewest resources. In addition, we provide an array of services that help our patients address the many barriers they face in accessing services. These services include:
- Information and referral
- Health benefits counseling
- Behavioral Health Services
- Assistance with transportation
- Bilingual staff, interpreters and
case management services
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How We Are Funded
We would not exist without the help of our many partners and supporters. Funding of our operations comes from the following.
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