Treasure Coast Community Health offers complete primary care. We also provide specialty care, including internal medicine, pediatric, GYN and behavioral care. We have pharmacies at two locations. For a detailed list of services see our Services and Locations page.
English and Spanish are the main languages spoken throughout the TCCH facilities. We also provide services for the deaf, hearing and speech impaired patients along with 150 other languages through use of our telephone language lines and video conferencing in some cases. These services allow TCCH to provide instant translations with a live operator.
A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is more commonly known as a Community Health Center (CHC) and is a provider of primary care services in a center that is community based and patient-directed. By mission and design, CHCs exist to serve those who have limited access to health care, although all are welcome. Unlike most private practices, CHCs welcome low income individuals, the uninsured and underinsured, immigrants, migrant and seasonal farm workers, those who are homeless and those who live in public housing.
Uninsured patients, who are income eligible, pay based on a federally approved sliding fee scale to ensure income or lack of insurance is not a barrier to health and dental care. TCCH also assists those insured but having very high deductibles, by considering their income and family size.
As an FQHC, TCCCH receives some funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Funding must be used for approved program purposes; generally this funding represents between 20-25% of TCCH's annual budget, yet the majority of patients who are seen at TCCH have earnings of less than 100% of federal poverty guidelines and pay a reduced amount.
However, at FQHCs, the majority of individuals serving on the board must be consumers of the services provided by their health center. These 'consumer board members' represent the diversity of the population served, in age, gender, race, culture and geography. They come from all walks of life: employed, self-employed, students, disabled, retired, single, married, divorced, parents and grandparents.
The optimal number of members of the Governing Board of TCCH has been (self) determined to be 17. The balance of the Governing Board members (i..e. non-consumers) are recruited to enhance the abiity of the Governing Board to fulfull the FQHC Program requirements:
The governing board is required to oversee the organizations progress in meeting its mission and goals and should expect to see a periodic update of a written needs assessment document prior to engaging in the strategic planning effort.
The governing board is responsible to assure that the health center has a realistic plan for achieving the organizations annual program and financial goals and to measure and evaluate the organizations progress in achieving these goals.
The governing board is responsible to set the course of the health center by taking a leadership role and participating in developing goals and objectives to guide the health centers decisions and actions for the next 3-5 years.