AccessHealth will enable patients to achieve a personal state of wellness through the offering of high quality services with compassion, competence, and integrity, which will address their physical, social, and psychological needs. To that end, the Center’s care providers, employees, volunteers and board members will collaborate with patients, their families and other community organizations to achieve its Mission.
D.I.R.E.C.T.
AccessHealth is dedicated to excellence in providing integrated health care services to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves.
AccessHealth is a private, not-for-profit community health center established in the community in 1975. AccessHealth became a Federally Qualified Health Center in 2002.
We provide quality health care for the entire family. Our dedicated group of healthcare providers work together to ensure that every patient receives high quality, comprehensive and affordable healthcare.
AccessHealth does not turn away anyone in need. Our medical clinics serve approximately 20,000 individuals a year and welcome anyone in need of healthcare services.
Individuals with family incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level are eligible for sliding scale fees. Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP and MOST PRIVATE INSURANCES are accepted. Individuals who have no insurance and are eligible for discounted services and may be placed in a discounted fee group, based on their family size and household income.
AccessHealth is an equal opportunity provider and a Federally Qualified Health Center. We are also a member of the Texas Association of Community Health Centers.
AccessHealth has received multiple quality awards from the US Department of Health and Human Services for improving patient health outcomes.
AccessHealth is improving community health by integrating social determinants of health by connecting patients to resources beyond medical care.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, health centers are community-based and patient-directed organizations that serve populations with limited access to health care and no medical insurance. These include low income populations with medicaid insurance, but also the uninsured, including those with limited English proficiency, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and those living in public housing. As a very affordable option, AccessHealth is, some times, people’s only access to health care.
For performance facts, including demographics and statistical information about AccessHealth, please contact our main office.
Who Health Centers Serve People of all ages, with or without medicaid or medicare insurance, or any health insurance at all. Approximately 33 percent of patients in 2009 were children (age 18 and younger); about 7 percent were 65 or older.
People with and without health insurance. The proportion of uninsured patients of all ages was approximately 38% in 2009, while the number of uninsured patients increased from 4 million in 2001 to over 7.2 million in 2009.
People of all races and ethnicities. In 2009, 27 percent of patients were African-American and 35 percent were Hispanic/Latino–more than twice the proportion of African-Americans and over two times the proportion of Hispanics/Latinos reported in the overall U.S. population.
Special populations. In 2009, health centers served nearly 865,000 migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families; more than 1 million individuals experiencing homelessness; and more than 165,000 residents of public housing.
** Source U.S. Department Health and Human Services ***