Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1866 Central Florida Health Care Inc.,/New Equipment
Requester:	Gaye Williams		Organization:		Central Florida Health Care, Inc.
Project Title:	Central Florida Health Care Inc.,/New Equipment		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 12:40:24 PM
District Member:	John McKay		Service Area:		Regional
Counties Affected:	Hardee, Highlands, Polk
Recipient:	Central Florida Health Care, Inc.		Contact:		Bill Griffin
	1 West Main Street		Contact Phone:		(941) 727-6349
	Avon Park 33843
Project Description:
CFHC is one of twenty-seven (27) private not-for-profit healthcare copporations spanning Florida. For over 27 years, centers in Polk (1972), Hardee (1975) and Highlands (1980) counties have provided a medical and dental home to thousands of patients. CFHC is a community-based health care corporation of, by and for the community, governed by a 14 member community board.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The working poor, uninsured, underinsured, publicly insured, frail, elderly, chronically ill, migrant/seasonal farmworkers, and all others who lack access to comprehensive primary health care (medical, dental, pharmacy, education, etc.) services from across the County receive services based on a sliding fee scale. The centers are extremely effective in teaching the patients to end their reliance on emergency rooms and to use preventive care service--the true mission of a managed care system.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Community health centers have a unique 27+ years track record of controlling costs, providing access to quality preventive and primary health care, retaining health professionals where they are needed most and working within our communities to develop long-range solutions to their health needs. Through reducations in hospital admissions and less frequent use of costly emergency room visits for routine services, Florida will continue to realize a considerable savings because the services provided by CFHC are less expensive and more comprehensive than the HMO's and private provider offices.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$200,000
Total cost of the project:		$225,000

Request has been made to fund:			Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?				No
Was this project previously funded by the State?				Unknown
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?				Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?				Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?				Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?				Yes
	Documentation:	Equipment needs in existing facility
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?				Unknown