Nonprofit primary health care association in Illinois.
The Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) is a nonprofit trade association that strives to improve the health status of medically underserved populations by fostering the provision of high-quality, comprehensive health care that is accessible, coordinated, community-directed, culturally sensitive, and linguistically competent.
IPHCA proudly represents community health centers (CHCs)— entities created by Congress to meet the health care needs of underserved communities and high-risk patients. These centers fill a void by providing care for those whom other providers often do not serve. Since Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) must, by law, serve the medically underserved regardless of their ability to pay, CHCs are located in geographic regions designated as having a shortage of medical providers who serve this population. In addition, the medically underserved may be low-income, uninsured, homeless, affected by AIDS, struggling with substance abuse and have special needs. CHCs effectively work with communities to improve the health status of all.
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