Under Financial Strain, Community Health Centers Ramp Up For Coronavirus Response
Community clinics that serve low-income patients are rapidly changing their model of care to deal with the realities of the pandemic.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced $100 million in supplemental funding for community health centers to support the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Health centers are playing a critical role," says James Macrae, associate administrator at the federal Bureau for Primary Health Care.
About 29 million people in the U.S rely on community health centers, which provide care to low-income and uninsured patients. And they are under pressure to rapidly pivot to respond to the pandemic.
As hospitals take on more COVID-19 patients, community health centers in many places are reworking how they care for patients. Some safety-net clinics have instituted new infectious
