Program areas at Northwest Colorado Health
Community health centers (chcs): our community health centers in moffat and routt counties provide a full range of high-quality, affordable physical, behavioral, and oral health services to people who are financially struggling to get by. We recently added both behavioral health and oral health care to our chcs. In 2022, the chc program served 6,102 clients, with more than 19,000 medical encounters.
Home services: Northwest Colorado health's home services department provides home health and hospice services across moffat and routt counties. These services provide skilled, compassionate and personalized care in the comfort and security of familiar surroundings on a sliding fee scale. Every year, the agency provides thousands of dollars of charity care to uninsured patient who cannot afford to pay and is often unable to collect payments for services provided to insured individuals (often times under-insured). The rural nature of our community continues to drive the need for care in the home. In 2022, Northwest Colorado health's home health staff provided care for 368 home-bound client throughout Northwest Colorado. Hospice and palliative care provide compassionate, quality care and enables terminally-ill patients to approach the end of life with dignity and comfort. In 2022, Northwest Colorado health hospice staff provided over 3,200 hospice days across Northwest Colorado. Traveled over 250,000 miles across the region to provide these services.
Prevention services: Northwest Colorado health's wide range of prevention programs reach community members of all ages and income levels and include wic, youth resiliency, health screenings, health education and many more. In 2022, we provided 350 cardiovascular screenings, conducted 1,078 follow up sessions with cardiovascular program participants, hosted 338 seniors in aging well classes and senior wellness clinics, and reached an average of 445 families per month through the wic program.
The organization also provides a residential
Assisted living facility with limited health care
Services for up to 20 senior citizens. This also
Includes community outreach in the form of
Wellness, prevention and public engagement in
Aging well activities. The facility provided meals
To seniors and had a total of 27 residents through
The year ended 12/31/22.