Chaffee People’s Clinic, a two-site primary health clinic for low-income uninsured people who live or work in Chaffee County, is asking for public input.
The community is invited to share their needs and concerns regarding health services for the underinsured at public meetings to be held Monday, May 17, at 5:15 p.m. at Sangre de Cristo Community Room, 29780 Hwy 24 N in Buena Vista, and on Tuesday, May 18, at 5:15 p.m. at the Mt. Shavano Conference Room on the second floor of the Touber Bldg. (old hospital), 448 East 1st Street in Salida. The Chaffee People’s Clinic is especially interested in input from our business community.
A brief overview of the impact of health care reform on Chaffee County will also be presented. Call 530-2596 for more information.
The clinic, which began in October 2006 with two part-time employees, a cadre of volunteers, and a dedicated board of trustees, has grown significantly. Currently, CPC employs a full-time executive director and four part-time medical staff. Three local physicians also donate hours to the clinic to support patient visits. The organization served 509 patients in the first quarter of 2010; of those, 125 were new. Almost three quarters of the patients who use Chaffee People’s Clinic are employed. Chaffee Peoples Clinic is the only 501c3 non-profit clinic in the county that provides primary care including lab testing in partnership with HRRMC and a patient assistance program that connects patients that qualify to free medications, to the county’s low-income, uninsured.
Clinic hours for Salida are 1-5pm on Mondays, 1-4pm on Tuesdays, 8-12pm on Thursdays. Clinic hours for Buena Vista are 9-11am on Mondays and 1-6pm on Wednesdays. Appointments can be made by calling 539-4144. Please see our website for more information at www.chaffeepeoplesclinic.org.
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