The Health Center Association of Nebraska (HCAN) is committed to expanding and enhancing access to quality, community-responsive care for Nebraska’s medically underserved and uninsured. Members of HCAN are Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that provide medical, dental and mental health services for over 115,000 Nebraskans.
Health Center Impact
Community health centers are an important part of the health care system in Nebraska, providing comprehensive health services to the medically underserved. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are key to increasing access to health care for vulnerable Nebraskans. In 2019, our FQHCs served 115,473 patients.
#ValueCHCs- The value of Community Health Centers:
- Community Health Centers are non-profit, community-based, patient-centered organizations that have received strong bipartisan support for over 50 years
- Health centers ensure that all underserved populations have access to high quality, comprehensive, affordable healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay
- The Nebraska community health centers serve as a critical component of the safety net program, serving 34% of the uninsured population and 34% of the uninsured children. In Nebraska, 46.7% of the health center patients are uninsured and 94% are low income
- The Nebraska health centers provide 1,513 total jobs in Nebraska
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Cost Savings
- Provide health services at a lower cost per patient than other health care providers
- Save health care dollars systemwide by reducing emergency, hospital, and specialty-care costs
Quality Care
- Provide medical, dental and behavioral health services, they are one-stop health care homes
- Perform above the U.S. average for childhood immunization rates, fewer low birth weight babies, more patients with controlled hypertension, and patients meeting diabetes treatment goals
- The Nebraska community health centers rank 1st in quality among the nation’s 1,400 FQHCs and save $180 Million to the overall health system in Nebraska annually
Access for Uninsured/Underserved
- 46.7% of patients are uninsured
- 93% of patients have incomes at or below 200% poverty
- 60.3% of patients have incomes at or below 100% poverty
Economic Impact
