Welsh Mountain Health Centers

Target demographics: everyone receive medical, dental, and behavioral health care , especially those with barriers to care

Geographic areas served: Lancaster, Lebanon, Chester, and Berks counties of PA

Programs: Welsh Mountain Health Centers is a safety net provider of medical and dental care to the mostly low-income and uninsured residents of rural Lancaster, Lebanon, Chester, and Berks counties. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Welsh Mountain provides medical, dental, and behavioral health care to assist every patient in achieving their optimal health status, regardless of their ability to pay. Welsh Mountain's service area is designated as a health professional shortage area (HPSA) and dental-HPSA with a high-poverty population and few medical and dental providers willing to provide affordable care to the uninsured or serve medicaid recipients. In FY 2017, Welsh Mountain addressed that need by providing $5,949,674 in comprehensive, culturally competent, primary medical, dental, and behavioral care to 15,316 patients. 88.4% of those reporting income were below 200% of the federal poverty level, qualifying them for a sliding fee discount based on family size and income. 1,769 patients (11.6%) were uninsured. 11,431 (74.6%) were on medical assistance. Welsh mountain also provides care through outreach programs. Weekly immunization clinics vaccinated 749 uninsured children at five different locations for no more than a $3 administration fee. A horse & buggy program for Amish and old order Mennonite children overcomes this unique community's transportation barriers by making "farm calls" to provide childhood immunizations and well-child checkups to 288 children.