The original mission at FLCH was to serve our regions agricultural workers. In 2009 we became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and expanded our services to include everyone in the Finger Lakes region. Today, patients of all incomes, ethnicities, and walks of life come to our health center locations. As an FQHC, Finger Lakes Community Health offers discounts for services, regardless of a patients insurance status, based on income and household size.

Advocates for a healthy community. We strive to bring a new standard of healthcare to our region through education, technology, and preventive care. Finger Lakes Community Health has been an active participant in keeping our community healthy during the pandemic. We conduct COVID-19 testing and hold vaccine events. From December 2020 to December 18, 2021, we have given 11,650 vaccine doses, 6,582 were fully vaccinated and of those, 2,700 are farmworkers.

A dedicated team of quality providers. At Finger Lakes Community Health, patients have access to a caring team of doctors, dentists, nurses, physicians assistants, and dental hygienists. They are experts in the fields of medical and dental care, reproductive health services, and behavioral health counseling. We also have multilingual staff that helps patients with non-medical issues such as referrals, follow-up, transportation, financial advocacy, and insurance enrollment.

Experts in coordinated care. Coordinated care ensures that all aspects of a patients treatment plan are organized through a primary care provider and delivered in accordance with the patients preferences. Our Geneva, Penn Yan, Ovid, Newark, Port Byron, and Sodus Community Health Centers* have been designated as Level 3 Certified Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. This is the highest level of recognition for excellence in coordinated primary care.

Our multilingual staff works hard to make every visit a good experience for everyone. Their goal is to help our patients feel comfortable throughout every step of the healthcare process. Our staff consists of:

Medical and dental providers including primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, behavioral health counselors, dentists, and dental hygienist.We also have access to specialists, hospitals, and other medical centers.

The services requested will provide connectivity to each site as specified in the RFP and network diagram attached. The configuration must support QoS, specifically DSCP prioritization end to end for telehealth and secure reliable connections for electronic HIE

The NY Community Broadband Partnership (NYCBP) was formed as a part of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Healthcare Connect Program (HCP). The HCP promotes the creation of rural consortiums of healthcare organizations for the development of broadband infrastructure for healthcare providers in rural underserved communities. The consortium can be comprised of rural and urban healthcare partners and is designated rural if there is a 51% or greater representation of rural partners.

NYCBP welcomes rural and urban partners from the communities of New York State to the consortium. All eligible partners will get a 65% discount in their monthly cost for broadband services offered by an Internet Services Provider (ISP) chosen by the consortium. The partners will pay a small subscription fee to NYCBP for the administration and management of the consortium activities.