Health care vans that provided COVID testing and vaccines in the pandemic are now providing a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. New access to federal funds could expand the trend.
The coalition's mobile programs mirror efforts nationwide to dispatch services to patients experiencing gaps in the health care system, especially in rural areas., compared with their counterparts in larger cities. Since the beginning of the pandemic, mobile clinics have increased access to a range of services in hard-to-reach places with sparse populations.
For now, the law is dependent on congressional funding, and experts predict it could be at least a year before health centers can access the grant money.Once funded, the regulatory shift will allow health centers to collaborate with independent organizations like Madson's Health Communities Coalition in Nevada to expand services in underserved regions. Because the coalition is not a federally qualified health center, it has relied on a mix of other federal and state grants.
While health center advocates lobby Congress for base funding, the Healthy Communities Coalition is forging ahead with three dental events this year funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Of the five communities in Lyon County, at least one, Silver Springs, does not have a single dentist. There are 10 dentists total in Fernley and Dayton, communities with a combined population of 38,600 people, but only two of those practices accept Medicaid, which covers low-income people younger than 21 and limited dental services for adults.
"Her mom was so thankful, she was in tears," Madson said."She told me that her daughter woke up without instant pain for the first time in years."
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