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About Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc.

Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc. (PTCHC) is here for your healthcare needs and is committed to providing comprehensive health care to citizens of northern West Virginia.  We provide a wide array of services to ensure the health and well being of your entire family as well as the community at large. 

 

PTCHC is recognized as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and as such we exhibit the following traits: 

  • PTCHC provides quality health care to all people, regardless of insurance status or income level

  • PTCHC offers a Sliding scale fee for those without insurance which is based on family size and income

  • PTCHC is staffed by highly competent health care professional teams

  • PTCHC has an ongoing quality assurance program

  • PTCHC is community controlled and community-directed by a patient majority board of directors

 

Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc has been dedicated to serving the communities since 1976.   

Your Medical Home

You are the most important person on the health care team. Patient centered is a way of saying YOU are the focus of your healthcare. Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc. is recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Patient Centered Medical Home.

What is a Patient Centered Medical Home?

It’s not a house, hospital, or other building. It’s your primary care provider – along with a dedicated team of specialized health professionals – working together to meet all your individual health care needs.

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  1. Comprehensive Care – Your team works together to provide you with a wide range of health care services.

  2. Patient Centered – You will partner and communicate with your healthcare team to achieve optimal health.

  3. Coordinated Care – Your team at Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc. can help you manage all aspects of your healthcare needs from specialty referrals, education, after hours emergencies, to transitioning from hospital to home.

  4. Accessible Services – Multiple options of communication to your care team; Same day urgent appointments; reminder calls; around the clock access to a member of the care team.

  5. Quality and Safety – The care team uses evidence-based medicine and current clinical standards of care with a state of the art electronic health record to aid in making informed healthcare decisions with the patient and their family.  Preston-Taylor Community Health Community Health Centers, Inc. engages in continuous quality improvement, responds to patient surveys and practices population health management.

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Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc.  

MISSION STATEMENT:  The mission of the organization is to provide quality comprehensive primary healthcare services to the residents of our four-county service area of Preston, Taylor, Tucker, and Grant Counties regardless of their ability to pay.  This is accomplished through the provision of primary care services that are culturally sensitive and relevant to the needs of the community .   

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FTCA

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in accordance with the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act (FSHCAA), as amended, sections 224(g)-(n) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 233(g)-(n), deemed Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc.  to be an employee of the PHS, for the purposes of section 224, effective 1/1/2021 through 12/31/2021. Section 224(a) of the PHS Act provides liability protection under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2672, or by alternative benefits provided by the United States where the availability of such benefits precludes a remedy under the FTCA, for damage for personal injury, including death, resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions by PHS employees while acting within the scope of such employment. Medical malpractice coverage is confirmed for both Community Health Systems, Inc. and its covered individuals.

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