Iowa Collaborative Safety Net Provider Network
More than 250,000 Iowans do not have health insurance. Thousands more have insurance that only covers catastrophic illnesses and accidents. For these individuals and families, there are limited options available for affordable health care.
Many of these Iowans turn to Iowa’s safety net providers – community health centers, free clinics, and rural health clinics – for affordable primary and preventive health care. Because the demand for these providers’ services greatly outweighs their resources, there is a growing need to coordinate efforts.
Through this unique partnership created by the Iowa Legislature, Iowa’s health care safety net providers have united to identify common unmet needs that can be addressed cooperatively. Access to pharmaceuticals, specialty care referrals, and health professionals recruitment have been identified as the first three areas for collaboration. |
