Community Health is a primary care network that provides nationally-recognized programs, a focus on wellness, dental, behavioral health and pediatric specialties, walk-in Express Care, a culture of community and quality health care that almost everyone, insured or uninsured, has come to depend on.
Community Health, based in Rutland, is the largest of the 12 federally qualified health centers (FQHC) in the state of Vermont. Nationally, more than 1,200 FQHCs provide primary health care to one out of every 14 people. In Vermont, FQHCs provide care to approximately one in four Vermonters.
Community Health opened in 2004 as Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region, providing a network of medical, dental and behavioral health care. Its grown to include six medical facilities, three dental offices (two adult and one kids dental), a behavioral health clinic and a pharmacy. We have locations in Rutland, Brandon, West Pawlet, Shoreham and Castleton, providing care to over 41,800 patients in the Rutland County/southern Addison County region.
First established in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnsons War on Poverty, FQHCs are primary care centers, located in underserved and rural areas, that provide high quality, cost-effective health care regardless of an individuals ability to pay. The success of the FQHCs was recognized by Congress when creating the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 and the ACA legislation permanently authorized the program.
Community Health Primary Care Offices offer a full range of services including preventative health care (annual physicals, work physicals, school, campand sports physicals), womens health care, well-child care, including immunizations, management of chronic or serious illness, minor office procedures (including laceration repair and removal of skin lesions), and workers comp injuries. X-ray and laboratory services are available at some of our locations. Hospital care for Community Health is provided by Rutland Regional Medical Center Hospital (RRMC). RRMC is a hospital-based practice specializing exclusively in providing in-patient care at RRMC. Arrangements for admission to other hospitals can be arranged as needed. Community Health Pediatrics provides hospital care for our pediatric patients.
Our mission is to be the foremost integrated community health center providing quality and collaborative care that is accessible to all people, in order to live their best lives and build stronger communities.
Our Brandon Community Pharmacy is located inside Community Health Brandon. You may use the services of our pharmacy, or you may use a pharmacy of your own choice. Our pharmacy accepts the same insurances that are accepted at our other offices.
Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), is deemed by the Bureau of Primary Health Care of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to be a federal employee for purposes of medical malpractice claims and, as such, qualified for protection under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
This health center receives U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
According to the FTCA requirements, medical malpractice claims against the health center are reviewed and/or litigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An individual who has a claim against the health center is to file an administrative claim with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at the following address:
At Community Health, we provide vaccinations for flu, hepatitis, pneumonia, tetanus, HPV, childhood diseases and other illnesses. Your provider has information about the available vaccines, the recommended age groups and boosters needed to maintain full protection.
Children are immunized from measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases; teenagers between 11 and 12 years old can receive an HPV vaccine preventing them from developing certain cancers in the future; and flu shots are available every year starting in October for the whole family. The coronavirus vaccines are available for children as young as 5 years. For those with chronic health problems like diabetes or asthma, flu and coronavirus symptoms can make their chronic health conditions worse.
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by the bodys response to an infection. Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are common infections that are mostly preventable If ignored or untreated, a UTI can lead to sepsis.