SUMMIT COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC INC
PO BOX 4337, FRISCO, CO 80443 www.summitclinic.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL, INTEGRATED, PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH CARE SERVICES DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY.

PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL, INTEGRATED, PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH CARE SERVICES REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY.

THE SUMMIT COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 AS A ONE-NIGHT-A-WEEK WALK-IN CLINIC STAFFED ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS AND MANAGED BY SUMMIT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. THE CARE CLINIC WAS FOUNDED TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED IN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION THE CARE CLINIC PROVIDED 294 VISITS. IN 2005, THE CARE CLINIC BECAME ITS OWN 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, AND IN 2006, THE CARE CLINIC MOVED INTO ITS CURRENT FACILITY IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, LOCATED BESIDE ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER IN FRISCO. WITH THE EXPANDED CLINIC SPACE, THE CARE CLINIC WAS ABLE TO ADD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (2006) AND ORAL HEALTH (2007) TO ITS MENU OF SERVICES. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)SINCE ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN 1993, THE CARE CLINIC HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE MOST WELL-RESPECTED SAFETY NET CLINICS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. THE CARE CLINIC PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES TO THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN SUMMIT AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES: PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE IN THE FORM OF SAME DAY OR SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS; ORAL HEALTH MAINTENANCE AND TREATMENT; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; UNIVERSAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT; SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING PRIMARY; ORAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; PATIENT NAVIGATION SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; AND COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL-WIDE SCREENING EVENTS. THE CARE CLINIC USES AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF CARE DELIVERY.IN 2019, THE CARE CLINIC SERVED 8,753 UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS AND PROVIDED 31,937 VISITS IN PRIMARY CARE, ORAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AT THE MAIN CARE CLINIC OFFICE AND 15 ADDITIONAL SITES IN SUMMIT, PARK AND LAKE COUNTIES. PRIMARY CARE VISITS REPRESENT OVER 41% OF TOTAL VISITS WHILE 36% OF VISITS ARE FOR DENTAL SERVICES AND 23% OF VISITS ARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. APPROXIMATELY 45% OF CARE CLINIC PATIENTS VISITS ARE PATIENTS WHO EARN LESS THAN 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.IN MANY WAYS 2019 WAS A YEAR OF STABILIZATION. 2019 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY PROGRAMS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE IN EARLIER YEARS. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE DIALETICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT) PROGRAM AT SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE INITIALLY VERY FOCUSED ON THE COMPRHENSIVEC DBT MODEL, IN 2019 STAFF RECOGNIZED BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION EXPERIENCED BY SOME OF THE HIGHEST NEED STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARENT/GUARDIAN PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS REALISTIC. IN RESPONSE TO THIS, THE CARE CLINIC EXPANDED ACCESS TO DBT SKILLS GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, VASTLY EXPANDING THE REACH OF THE PROGRAM. THE DBT MODEL CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A FOUNDATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE CLINIC. OUTREACH IN SUMMIT COUNTY'S SCHOOLS WAS COMPLEMENTED BY IMPLEMENTAITON OF IMMIGRANT SUPPORT GROUPS FOR PARENTS AND CHIDLREN GIVEN AN INFLUX OF FAMILIES FLEEING VIOLENCE IN NICARAGUA, HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, MEXICO AND COLUMBIA.STABILIZATION OF SERVICES WAS A PRIORITY IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL, AS WELL. HEALTH NAVIGATORS, FOR EXAMPLE, PLAYED AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONNECTING PATIENTS TO RESOURCES BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLINIC. THE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) PROGRAM CONTINUED TO EXPAND, AND THE COLORADO MEDICAL DENTAL INTEGRATION PROJECT (COMDI) BECAME FURTHER INTEGRATED INTO CARE, PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO DENTAL SERVICES.SOME OF THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE YEAR WERE RELATED TO LEADERSHIP. THE CARE CLINC BROUGHT ON DAVE BYRD AS A CFO AND TRACEY LAMBERT AS COO IN 2019; BOTH BRING A HIGH LEVEL OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED REVENUES, MORE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES, AND BETTER OPERATING STRUCTURES. CASSANDRA ANTON, FORMERLY THE QA DIRECTOR, BECAME THE CHIEF QUALITY AND RISK OFFICER (CQRO), PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCOUNTABLITY. THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTED NEW SOFTWARE (RAISER'S EDGE), ALLOWING FOR A DIRECT LINKAGE TO THE FINANCIAL EDGE SYSTEM USED IN ACCOUNTING. AS A RESULT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHERS, THE CARE CLINIC ENDED 2019 IN THE BLACK AND ON SOLID FOOTING HEADING INTO 2020.THE CARE CLINIC CONTINUES TO PROMOTE DIRECT-TO-EMPLOYER HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS, ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TO EMPLOYEES AT SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS SMALLER GROUPS AND EMPLOYERS TO OFFER A HEALTHCARE OPTION TO ITS EMPLOYEES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CREATING AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM FOR THE CARE CLINIC. THE CARE CLINIC IS ALSO A KEY PARTNER IN THE PEAK HEALTH ALLIANCE, AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY-WIDE APPROACH TO NEGOTIATE REDUCED HEALTH CARE PRICES FOR PARTICIPATING ENTITIES.

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