Prism Health earns FQHC Look-Alike designation
John Carlo TAMMYE NASH | Managing EditorNash@DallasVoice.com In mid-December, officials with Prism Health North Texas announced that the agency has been designated as a “Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike,” calling the designation a “significant milestone” marking “a crucial step in increasing access to high quality primary care services in North Texas, a community that continues to face challenges related to healthcare accessibility and adverse health outcomes.” But what exactly does that mean for an organization founded more than 38 years ago by the Community Council of Greater Dallas as AIDS Arms Network?
Simply put, according to CEO Dr. John Carlo, better access to quality health care to communities that have been traditionally underserved, including the LGBTQ community.
Prism Health has “gotten very good at providing coordinated care over the last 38 years, but now we can expand that,” Carlo said. “We know there are gaps in primary care, particularly in the LGBTQ community.
Now we can fill those gaps.” While Prism Health already offered a broad spectrum of services, “particularly under the HIV care portfolio,” he continued, “Now we can expand those services — including dentistry, case management, mental healthcare and financial assistance — to people not living with HIV.
