The safety net in Kansas consists of 43 KAMU members, including 14 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), 1 FQHC Look-Alike, 25 Primary Care Clinics, and 3 other members who do not provide direct care but support our mission. In addition to the 40 main clinic sites, services are provided at 29 additional satellite sites. In 2008 KAMU members provided 566,689 visits to 189,422 patients.
Representatives from five Kansas safety net clinics and two KAMU staff members met with all six of the Kansas Legislators or members of their staff on Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Clinic representatives were: Krista Postai and Douglas Stuckey, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg; Dave Sanford, GraceMed Health Clinic, Wichita; Susie Schwartz, Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita; Bryan Brady, First Care Clinic, Hays and Betty Murell, Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia. Attending from KAMU were Chief Resource Officer Cayla Wright and Director of Governmental Affairs Connie Hubbell.
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Membership in the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved (KAMU) consists of organizations that are part of or support Kansas primary care safety net clinics.
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Summit on the Future of Primary Care took place recently in Washington DC. The summit covered many of the hot topics affecting healthcare today. For additional information on the summit see the downloadable materials in the Summit on Primary Care Workforce Tool Box.
Representatives from five Kansas safety net clinics and two KAMU staff members met with all six of the Kansas Legislators or members of their staff on Thursday, February 25, 2010.