Mercy and Truth hosts first “Warm Up Wyandotte” event

By Anne F. Rauth, MBA on December 7, 2018
Marketing and Development Director
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions

Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, a safety net clinic with locations in Wyandotte and Johnson County, Kansas, hosted an event the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 17, 2018 called Warm up Wyandotte. The event lasted under an hour and a half due to an overwhelming demand for the items that were offered for free. Thanks to […]

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Health Care Foundation is now Health Forward Foundation

By Bridget McCandless, MD on November 14, 2018
President and CEO
Health Forward Foundation

Most of you know us as Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. But we also answer to the Kansas City Health Care Foundation, the Greater Kansas City Health Care Foundation, and sometimes even the health department. It can be confusing, we know. It was hard on our partners when they sometimes struggled to introduce […]

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Health Forward, Healthy Communities, Mental Health Care, Safety Net

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Shopping for insurance? Trained assisters ready to help navigate 2019 marketplace

By Jim Torres on November 1, 2018
Co-Chair, CoverKC Coalition
Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center

Molly Moffett
Co-Chair, CoverKC Coalition, Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

Whether you need new health insurance or have no coverage — now is the time to educate yourself and take action. Consumers shopping for 2019 marketplace plans only have six weeks to enroll through HealthCare.gov. Open enrollment runs Nov. 1 – Dec. 15. CoverKC assisters offer free, unbiased help. Despite several changes to the Affordable […]

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Health Care, Safety Net

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Improving HIV quality of care through data integration

By Joseph Lightner on September 20, 2018
Administrative Officer
City of Kansas City, Missouri

HIV+ individuals suffer from high levels of stigma. Unfortunately, discrimination and prejudice still exist for people living with HIV. Therefore, any data that is tied to HIV status must be kept in the highest of confidences. However, data sharing is an important aspect of providing quality care and wrap around services for individuals suffering from […]

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Announcing changes to Health Forward’s 2019 application deadlines

 Changes to Health Forward 2019 grants schedule

By Health Forward Grants Team on September 4, 2018

Health Forward Foundation

We are excited to announce that we will be transitioning from our current grant management system to a new system that better fits our needs and delivers a more user-friendly and efficient experience for you, our applicants. To accommodate the move to a new grants management system, we are building in downtime in our funding […]

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Applicant Defined Grants, Health Forward, Healthy Communities, Mental Health Care, Safety Net

Community health centers good for a community’s economy as well as health

 KC CARE Clinic's value to Kansas City's economy

By Joe Pierle on August 30, 2018
CEO
Missouri Primary Care Association

You may not know it, but the health of the greater Kansas City area depends, in part, on our community health centers (CHCs), also sometimes referred to as federally-qualified health centers (or FQHCs). Health centers provide comprehensive health services, including primary care, behavioral health, dental services, chronic disease management, preventive care, and other services in […]

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Health Care, Safety Net

Survey provides comprehensive health data in Kansas, Missouri

 Kansas and Missouri Consumer Health Access report

By Jane Mosley, PhD on August 9, 2018
Program and Evaluation Officer
Health Forward Foundation

Communities often need richer detail on access to health care and coverage than federal surveys can offer. That is why the Health Forward Foundation, along with our partners the Kansas Health Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, REACH Healthcare Foundation, and United Methodist Healthy Ministry Fund, co-funded the Kansas and Missouri Consumer Health Access Survey (KMHS). […]

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Health Forward, Policy, Safety Net

Trauma-informed courts work to keep people in treatment, out of justice system

By Mark Wiebe on March 15, 2018
Communications Strategist
Alive & Thrive Wyandotte County

Courtrooms are no strangers to trauma. This includes the trauma many defendants experience throughout their lives, and the trauma they experience in court as they stand before a judge. In Wyandotte County District Court, these realities are beginning to inform the work judges do when encountering defendants who live with behavioral health challenges. Call them […]

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Mercy and Truth clinic finds way to decrease patients’ missed appointments

By Anne F. Rauth, MBA on March 5, 2018
Marketing and Development Director
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions

Having a full medical appointment calendar where your doctor and nurse practitioner are fully booked is good. Having a high no-show rate is not. We determine a no-show patient as one who has confirmed an appointment but does not arrive. While the reasons for not keeping an appointment are personal to each individual, it creates […]

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Health Forward Blog aims to discuss health and health policy issues that impact the uninsured and underserved in our service area. To submit a blog, please contact Health Forward Communications Officer Jennifer Sykes, at jsykes@hcfgkc.org.

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