Wahiawa Center For Community Health

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• Incorporated in 2012 and recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity, Wahiawa Health is setting the foundation to bring affordable, high quality, and accessible care to the people of Wahiawa regardless of ability to pay and on a sliding discount. This, being consistent with Wahiawas mission: In the spirit of Aloha and compassion, Wahiawa Health provides access to affordable, quality health care and wellness services to promote a healthy community. Wahiawa Healths inception is the direct result of a vision held by the late Senator Inouye who wanted to ensure this geographically isolated area was adequately served. This vision is now considered a Senator Inouye legacy project by the Hawaii Congressional Delegation. Wahiawa Healths service area is designated by the USDA as a rural community; and also federally designated as a Medically Underserved Population, or MUP (census tracts 91.00 94.00). The MUP designation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA) is a clear demonstration and documentation of an inadequate amount of primary care clinicians and the areas poor socio-economic indicators. The Wahiawa MUP (about 23,000 residents) is also the only MUP in Hawai`i that is not within the immediate service area (or served by) an existing Community Health Center a gap Wahiawa Health is going to fill. The Hawai`i Department of Health is working with HRSAs Bureau of Primary Health Care to designate the Wahiawa Waialua areas as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). A HPSA designation comes with a numerical score that prioritizes the areas for additional priority funding and services. Individuals living in designated areas such as these have demonstrated increased over-utilization of costly emergency room services, are in greater need of multi-disciplinary care team based approaches, and ultimately save 3rd party payers hundreds of thousands of dollars through a decrease in use of unnecessary services.
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  Headquarters:302 California Ave Ste 102 , Wahiawa, Hawaii, United States

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  Phone Number: +1 808-591-0000

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  Website: https://www.wahiawahealth.org

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  Employees:3

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  Revenue:$1 - 10M

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  Legal Name:Wahiawa Center For Community Health

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• |  NAICS Code: 621111  |

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