Cincy Health Dept. clinics win federal designation

Six of the Cincinnati Health Department¡¯s primary care and dental clinics have been given Federally Qualified Health Center look-alike status, making them eligible for more federal resources.

The clinics receiving the designation are: Millvale at Hopple Street Health Center; Braxton Cann Memorial Medical Center; Northside Health Center; Price Hill Health Center; Ambrose Clement Health Center; and Crest Smile Shoppe in Avondale.

The designation means that the clinics will receive full reimbursement for Medicaid and Medicare clients, and discounted prescription pricing, according to a news release. It could also help the city of Cincinnati receive federal health-care stimulus funds.

¡°The real winners are the patients we serve who will receive better access to improved services,¡± said Health Commissioner Dr. Noble Maseru in the release. Maseru and the City of Cincinnati Primary Care Board submitted the application for look-alike status in June 2008.