WORCESTER – Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center earned $6. 2 million in U. S. rescue investment, U. S. Rep. James McGovern announced Thursday.
“We are proud to thank (the fund), President Biden, and Jim McGovern for their leadership at home to get the plan approved,” said Stephen Kerrigan, president and ceo of edward M Community Health Center. Kennedy since July 2019.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the center has had many COVID-related care expenses, such as installing outdoor screening tents on your gym sites on the streets of Tacoma and Lincoln, and skyline and century readers. and administer vaccines.
Kerrigan said the intermediary will basically use cash not only to pay COVID-related expenses since last year, but also to modify sites and infrastructure and generate funds.
“We will examine all of our sites, as we are, to locate tactics that improve access to care, (such as) offering more number one clinical spaces,” Kerrigan said.
“It allows us not only to face the COVID moment, but also to get more powerful on the other side,” Kerrigan said.
The center is one of 3 network fitness centers in the District of Massachusetts for funding. The total of the 3 is $12. 9 million.
“Community gyms play an important role in expanding justice and equity in our health care system, and this has never been clearer than in the important role they played in the COVID-19 response,” McGovern said. “Additional assistance is being provided through the US Rescue Plan. But it’s not the first time So that they can redouble their efforts to get more shots, help vulnerable and neglected populations that have been disproportionately affected through COVID-19, and save more lives in this pandemic.
The budget is a component of President Biden’s U. S. bailout, which is making a $6 billion nationwide investment to expand access to vaccines in under-neglected communities.
Through the American Rescue Plan, 37 Massachusetts Community Health Centers will earn a total of $144,350,625.
Throughout the pandemic, the Edward M Community Health Center. Kennedy maintained a monetary strength that did not result in layoffs or casualties, as they adapted seamlessly to telehealth visits and remote work.
According to the center, Kennedy Community Health has been able to supply more than 80% of the telehealth pathway, which is why the rate of patients who do not attend appointments is greater than 22% to less than 13%, and the total number of patient visits has higher.
“It’s incredibly vital that we have a president who senses the price of the fitness network, we have a member of Congress and all of our members of Congress who actually perceive the price of the fitness network,” Kerrigan said.