Who We Are

Marana Health Center is a network of clinics focused on serving the communities where our patients live. We promote and support accessible and affordable primary health care services for all individuals independent of socio-economic status, national origin, financial means or educational status

WHAT ARE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS?

Community Health Centers are local, non-profit, health centers that provide high-quality, affordable primary and preventive health care services to patients. Focused on serving low-income and medically underserved communities, as a  Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), MHC strives to improve access to health care for all.

WHO DO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS SERVE?

Community Health Centers serve as the medical home and family physician to 17 million people nationwide.  Arizona’s eighteen Community Health Centers provide services to over 350,000 Arizonans throughout the state. Community Health Centers fill critical gaps in health care serving the working poor, the uninsured, the medically underserved, and many high-risk and vulnerable populations. The community health center is often referred to as the “Safety Net Provider” for those who would possibly be unable to seek competent, compassionate medical services otherwise.

AZ CHC, which we are a member of.

HOW DO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Patient involvement in service delivery is a critical key to Community Health Centers' accomplishments. Governing boards--the majority of which must be patients according to federal grant requirements--direct community health center operations. This active patient management of community health centers assures responsiveness to local needs and guarantees quality of life for patients. Services are tailored to fit the special needs and priorities of the community.

Community Health Centers integrate primary health care delivery with outreach, patient education, translation and similar support services to make health care responsive and cost-effective. Community Health Centers significantly increase the use of preventive health services such as immunizations, pap smears, mammograms and glaucoma screenings. Community Health Centers provide health care for all who seek their services. Patients are charged on a sliding fee scale to ensure that income, or lack of insurance, is not a barrier to health care.

Community Health Centers contribute to the health and well-being of their communities by keeping children healthy and helping adults remain productive and on the job. They recruit and train health professionals for service in rural and medically underserved areas of the nation.  Many Nurse practitioners and young physicians beginning their careers choose to work in community health centers to be able to provide the services for which they were trained to those who need it the most.  Mission driven individuals gravitate to the community health center environment because the focus on the patient and making a difference in the lives of those whom they provide care.

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