Boulder Valley Health Center

The reproductive Health and sexual Health program offers comprehensive reproductive and sexual Health care services and community education within this specialized scope of expertise. Services are available at our Boulder, co clinic, although we do care for patients from various regions across the state and the country. Bvhc assures that all patients can receive the Health care they need regardless of income or insurance coverage. Thus, for those who are uninsured and low-income, most clinical services in this program are provided on a sliding fee scale that slides to $0 for the lowest-income patients. Additionally, teens under 18 also receive services without charge. All our medical providers deliver annual wellness care and prescribe, dispense, or insert birth control methods that best meet the needs and desires of the patient, including long- acting reversible methods of contraception (larc). Our services also include testing and treating for sexually transmitted infections for all genders. Transgender people receive appropriate and respectful Health care that meets their needs, including hormonal therapy. As a patient-centered medical provider (pcmp) for the medicaid program, we provide thorough Health screenings, including breast, cervical, tobacco, mental Health, and colon cancer screenings. Referrals to specialty practices are made to outside providers when our patient's needs are beyond our scope of practice. Our clinic programs coordinator actively screens patients for social determinants of Health, which are factors that might impact their ability to access healthcare. This same coordinator tracks our patients' referrals to ensure that our patients have access to other community resources when needed. Bvhc strives to eliminate barriers to healthcare access by providing specialized outreach, support, and education to monolingual spanish speakers, youth, the lgbtqia+ community, and other marginalized populations. We provide alternative access points to care by providing telehealth to reduce patient time in the clinic, provide additional avenues for comfort and confidentiality, and remove transportation barriers. Comprehensive sexual Health education is provided without charge by our teen and community programs team in schools across Boulder and weld counties. In 2023, we provided over 285 hours of lessons to more than 3,700 middle and high school students. This year, we launched real (reproductive justice, education, advocacy, and leadership, formerly known as shape). This group of young people are trained to become peer-to-peer educators and leaders for reproductive justice in our community and beyond. Bvhc provided healthcare services in the reproductive Health program to 4,114 patients in 2023.

Abortion program - since 1973, bvwhc has provided abortion services to the local community and beyond. Experienced medical staff provide ultrasound and in-office procedures or medication abortions that are completed in the privacy of the patient's home. Bvhc is certified by the national abortion federation (naf) and meets all the standards for high-quality abortion care that naf requires of its member organizations. Abortion care is provided on a fee-for-service basis. However, for those who have financial difficulty paying for the procedure, we utilize our own fund and other funding sources to offset the cost. Additional funding sources are available and utilized for individuals requiring transportation or housing support to access abortion care. Birth control can be provided at the same time as an abortion visit, and the cost can be offset for those who financially qualify. This reduces the likelihood of a subsequent unwanted pregnancy. We are fully compliant with and ensure that no governmental funding, either federal or state, is used directly or indirectly to subsidize abortion care. The Colorado department of public Health and environment (cdphe) performs a yearly separation audit, specifically looking at the issue of adequate separation of government funds used for family planning from expenses for abortion care.