Mountainlands Family Health Center

The mission of Mountainlands Family Health Center (MCHC) is health professionals assuring the provision of high quality primary health care for everyone in our community - especially those who experience economic, geographic, cultural and language barriers to receiving care - regardless of their ability to pay. Mountainlands Community Health Center strives to eliminate all barriers to receiving appropriate, quality health care, dental care and mental health care. Our doors are open to anyone with qualifying individuals and families receiving discounted services based on their family size and income. Eighty-five percent of our staff is Spanish-English bilingual, and we offer culturally appropriate health services. Mountainlands offers case management for diabetic patients, patients who have cardiovascular disease, pregnant women, and patients seeking Medicaid or CHIP insurance coverage.

Description:
Currently, Mountainlands Community Health Center serves 10,111 patients through over 32,297 patient encounters. Of those patients, 71% earn less than 100% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines and 76% of all patients are uninsured. Obstetrics represents 18% of the practice and pediatrics comprises 33%. Our patient population includes migrant and seasonal farm workers, homeless, and HIV positive individuals. MCHC patients are ethnically divers with over 74% speaking English as a second language. Seventy-eight percent of MCHC patients are Hispanic/Latino with Pacific Islanders, Asians, and Native Americans also being represented.

Among our current staff are five board certified Family Practice Physicians, four certified Physician’s Assistants, two Nurse Practitioners, one Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D.), and three Dentists. We are able to offer a medical home with continuity of care and a full array of family practice services including treatment for acute and chronic illnesses, access to low cost pharmaceuticals, mental health counseling, dental health, case management, obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal/perinatal, cancer and diabetes screenings, pediatrics, “enabling services,” inpatient hospital care, after hours coverage, and preventive services. MCHC offers high quality, culturally sensitive primary care, 85% of our staff are Spanish/English bilingual, five days a week including evenings and does so in an affordable manner for community residents who might otherwise delay or forgo health care or seek more costly services through area hospitals and emergency rooms.

History:
MCHC was established in May 1992 with initial funding from Intermountain Healthcare. Federal grant dollars (Section 330 Community Health Center) were added in 1993. MCHC was managed by Salt Lake Community Health Centers, Inc., until January 1, 1995 whereupon MCHC became an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with a governing board of over 50% consumers. Mountainlands Community Health Center currently has two sites - the primary site, located in Provo - Mountainlands Family Health Center - and a satellite site, located in Payson - Payson Family Health Center.

Contact people:

Lori Wright, Assistant Director, (phone), (email) Todd Bailey, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Gen Gonzalez, Operations Manager, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (801) 429-2000
TDD number: Dial 7-1-1 for Relay Utah
Office fax number: (801) 429-2002

Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Address:

589 S. State Street (900 East) Provo, UT 84606 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.mountainlands.org

Miscellaneous Information

Services
	Immunizations and well-baby checks Obstetrics/gynecology, pregnancy and deliveries Dental exams, cleanings, fillings and crowns -Discounted Pharmacy Services -Adult Health Care Vision and hearing screening Physical exams and diagnostic lab testing Behavioral Health, therapy, counseling and education -X-Ray services
Funding
	BPHC Federal grants, IHC, United Way of Utah County, patient co-payments, individual and corporate donations
Affliations
	The Association for Utah Community Health
Other common names for this agency:
	Mountainlans Family Health Center, Mountainlands Community Health Center, Payson Family Health Center, MCHC, Mountainlands

Last updated on July 26, 2010