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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health
Mission: To promote wellness and regular health maintenance in native american families, to decrease health disparity in the native americans in the metro area, and to provide access to quality care regardless of ability to pay.
Programs: Provides medical and dental care, regular health maintenance, and counseling services to native american families and patients. The organization had 16,734 visits during 2014. In addition, the organization provides care to patients, who meet certain criteria under the organization's charity care policy without charge or at amounts less than established rates. The organization believes the underserved are those persons who are unable through private resources, employer support, or public aid to provide payment for health care services or those unable to gain access to health related care because of limited resources, inadequate education, or discrimination. Because the organization does not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, such amounts are not reported as revenue. For 2014 the charity care amount for the organization was $306,651.