Moses Lake Community Health Center (MLCHC) is a non-profit, community-driven and patient-centered health care organization. We are committed to providing high quality, compassionate, and comprehensive primary health care services for the entire family, with a special focus on the underserved and migrant farm-workers in our community. Medical and dental care centers are located in Moses Lake and Quincy, and a dental center is located in Ephrata.
Founded in 1978 as a satellite dental clinic of the North Central Washington Migrant Health Project in Wenatchee, MLCHC expanded in 1979 to include medical care to a primarily indigent and migrant population. The initial staff consisted of one physician, one physician’s assistant, and two dentists. With the addition of a second physician in 1981, the clinic was able to provide obstetrics and in-patient medical care and took the first step toward becoming a comprehensive primary care center.
Today in 2020 – 8.5 full-time physicians, 18 nurse practitioners/physician’s assistants, 9.5 dentists, and 6 dental hygienists are part of over 295 full-time staff members providing primary care, preventive, and wraparound services to a wide demographic of patients in the area. MLCHC assures patient care is culturally appropriate, in part by employing bi-lingual staff. Over 28,000 patients received care in 2018.
Over this 42-year period, quality primary care services tailored to the needs of underserved populations has been expanded to include ancillary services such as Lab, Pharmacy, Imaging, Behavioral Health, Women Infant & Child (WIC), Maternity Support Services and Parent to Parent.
MLCHC is governed by a board of directors, of which at least 60% are patients of the center. The board of directors assesses the needs of the community and determines if additional clinical services and locations are needed to provide medical,
dental and wraparound services to the communities we serve.
The Moses Lake Community Health Center is committed to providing high quality, compassionate, and comprehensive primary health services for the entire family, with a special focus on the underserved and migrant farm-workers in our community. Continually transform our health care delivery system to improve the health of the communities we serve. We will relentlessly pursue perfection and be driven by continuous learning and growing. We will achieve superior clinical outcomes and the highest levels of satisfaction with a patient and family-centered focus. Our goal is the intersection of best performance in these four areas: Over the next three years, the drivers for our work and decision-making will be performance on these key strategies: The Health Center offers a full complement of staff ready to serve individuals and families with significant health needs related to poverty, limited access to healthcare, language and cultural differences, and psychosocial issues. The Health Center addresses these barriers in a variety of ways, including: The patient population is diverse, spanning a wide cultural and economic spectrum from migrant farmworkers to private business owners. The Health Center serves a substantial number of Hispanic patients and a growing number of Russian and Ukrainian patients. Moses Lake Community Health Center, Quincy Community Health Center, and Ephrata Community Dental Clinic are private, not for profit providers of health and dental care with many services in each location. Everyone is welcome at our clinics! We offer high quality, affordable health services for people of all ages. At our Community Health Centers, we care for the whole person, not just their illness. All of our facilities accept all forms of payment including most health insurance plans. We also offer eligibility assistance for those without insurance to help find a suitable insurance plan. For those who do not qualify for an insurance plan, we offer a sliding fee scale that discounts charges based on income and family size.
Build our family practice to include the spectrum of services that enables us to serve and retain our patients from infancy to eldercare
Intensive focus on enhancing the patient's experience of our clinics, strengthening our ability to attract new patients, retaining current patients, and increasing patient referral
Grow in current facilities to optimize capacity while anticipating opportunities for future facility needs and expansion into new communities
As an HRSA Health Center Quality Leader, we were among the top 30% of all HRSA-supported health centers that achieved the best overall clinical outcomes, demonstrating high-quality across clinical operations.
We are PROUD to be a @HRSA Health Center Quality Leader. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2pJdqEn.”
