Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based health care providers that receive funds from the HRSA Health Center Program to provide primary care services in underserved areas. They must meet a stringent set of requirements, including providing care on a sliding fee scale based on ability to pay and operating under a governing board that includes patients.

Federally Qualified Health Centers may be Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Health Centers for Residents of Public Housing.

The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a care delivery model whereby patient treatment is coordinated through their primary care physician to ensure they receive the necessary care when and where they need it, in a manner they can understand.

The objective is to have a centralized setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal physicians, and when appropriate, the patient’s family. Care is facilitated by registries, information technology, health information exchange and other means to assure that patients get the indicated care when and where they need and want it in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.

The American Heart Association and American Medical Association recognize Mercy's commitment to decreasing the number of Americans living with uncontrolled blood pressure.

Target: BP Achievement Award.

Display of the FSHCAA FTCA Deemed Status Badge (hereinafter “Badge”) is a way of providing public notice that your health center has been deemed by HRSA as a Public Health Service employee for purposes of liability protections under FSHCAA.

Meets all criteria to optimize HIT services that advance telehealth, patient engagement, interoperability, and collection of social determinants of health data to increase access to care and advance quality of care.

Recognizes health centers that are screening for social risk factors impacting patient health and are increasing access to enabling services.

Increases the total number of patients served and the number of patients who receive at least one comprehensive service (mental health, substance abuse, vision, dental and/or enabling by at least 5%.

Recognizes health centers that qualify for the Access Enhancer badge and meet the criteria listed on the CHQR Overview Page.

United Way works with companies, governments, nonprofits and other organizations to address complex challenges on a worldwide scale. Our ideas, volunteer power, in-kind support and more are helping build stronger communities.

As the world's largest privately-funded nonprofit, United Way offers global reach, local expertise, and cross-sector leadership. We engage individuals in building stronger communities – locally, nationally and globally. Together, we fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community.

Health centers are community-based and patient-directed organizations that deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services to the nation’s most vulnerable individuals and families, including people experiencing homelessness, agricultural workers, residents of public housing, and veterans.

Health centers integrate access to pharmacy, mental health, substance use disorder, and oral health services in areas where economic, geographic, or cultural barriers limit access to affordable health care. By emphasizing coordinated care management of patients with multiple health care needs and the use of key quality improvement practices, including health information technology, health centers reduce health disparities.

ECFA

The mandate for ECFA is reflected in the nature of its founding, the values upon which it was founded, and the mission for which it exists. ECFA is not a self-appointed entity separate from the Body of Christ. Rather, it was founded in 1979 by evangelical leaders who came together to establish a means by which responsible ministries could collectively demonstrate a positive witness for Jesus Christ. The ECFA mission grew out of a call for collective biblical accountability.

ECFA Model

The ECFA seal of approval is the sign that an organization has met the requirements for membership in ECFA. When an organization earns the privilege to display the ECFA seal, it clearly demonstrates to the public its willingness to follow the ECFA model of accountability. This model is characterized by ECFA’s structure.

GivingMatters.com features information on nonprofit programming, financials, management, and governance.

GivingMatters.com furthers The Community Foundation’s work of “connecting generosity with need” by raising the level of local nonprofit transparency, making comprehensive information available to the public in a searchable database, and identifying emerging needs.

The AMA was founded in part to establish the first national codification of medical ethics. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics and the AMA Journal of Ethics® collectively underscore AMA’s commitment to promote the art of medicine and the betterment of public health. The Code is widely recognized as the most comprehensive ethics guide for physicians. The opinions in the Code address issues and challenges confronting the medical profession and represent AMA policy.