Federally Qualified Health Clinic

Federal officials have accepted an application that would grant St. Louis County’s three clinics special status that would add $6 million a year to the health department’s budget.

Three government-run health clinics in St. Louis County serve patients who can’t afford treatment elsewhere. But the health department has faced rising costs and staffing shortages. A new plan would garner the department millions more in federal funding each year.

Community health centers around the country paid $410 million from 2018 to 2021 in 485 settlements or judgments over malpractice suits. The centers and their employees have immunity from medical malpractice lawsuits, meaning the federal government pays any settlements or court judgments.

With federal CARES Act funding, Affinia Healthcare will offer reduced-cost dental care more frequently to low-income patients— many of whom are uninsured and living below the federal poverty level.

St. Louis and St. Louis County officials are urging people who may have contracted the coronavirus to get tested, even if they don’t have a cough, fever…

Low-cost health care centers are lacking in parts of the St. Louis region with the greatest medical need, according to a report from the St. Louis…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday it’s giving nearly $3 million to 29 community health centers in Missouri. The money…

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