Overview
Health centers are responsible for providing their patients with comprehensive services – from primary care, to mental and behavioral health and dental care, as well as enabling services that include transportation, translation and case management services. In recognition of the critical role health centers play and the value they deliver for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP patients and state programs, Congress, on a bipartisan basis, created a specific payment methodology for health centers, the FQHC Prospective Payment System (PPS).
This payment system is central to the successful relationship between health centers, Medicaid, and Medicare and to health centers’ continued viability.
