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May 19, 2022 Aetna Donate $225,000 to Iowa Community Health Partners
September 29, 2021 PHC Joins Area Health Systems Urging Pregnant Women to Get Covid Vaccine
August 30, 2021 Homeless Support Service Providers Stretched
August 3, 2021 Affordable Housing Crisis
July 30, 2021 Federal Freeze on Evictions Ends Saturday
June 10, 2021 PHC Selected for Pediatric Learning Collaborative
May 21, 2021 Telligen Recognizes PHC as Statewide Champion for Pandemic Response
May 3, 2021Â Â The Project of PHC Providing At Home HIV Testing
April 30, 2021Â Homeless Outreach Vaccine Clinic
April 22, 2021 PHC Homeless Support and the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Shortage
April 29, 2021 Dental Clinic in Ames Opens to Serve Low-Income Population
February 11, 2021 Covid Vaccine Update from Polk County Healthcare Partners
February 4, 2021 Primary Health Care to Open Dental Clinic in Ames
December 21, 2020 Primary Health Care Receives $250,000 from Delta Dental Foundation of Iowa
December 7, 2020, Helping the Homeless During the Pandemic
November 10, 2020, Trouble Getting a COVID-19 Test? Here are Options
October 15, 2020, National Latinx HIV and AIDS Awareness Day on La Que Buena
October 5, 2020, COVID-19 Creates Challenges for Testing And Tracing STIs
September 26, 2020, Primary Health Care concerned about discount drug program attacks
September 16, 2020, Pharmaceutical industry threatens access to prescriptions
September 3, 2020, Extensive Screen And Couch Time Could Have Long-Term Impact On Kids’ Health
July 13, 2020, Erica Carrick named Executive Director of Operations and Integration
July 7, 2020, Simpson Named COO of Primary Health Care
April 7, 2020, COVID-19 test offered to patients without all symptoms on case-by-case basis
December 1, 2019, World AIDS Day: Des Moines community, The Project raise HIV awareness
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12.01.2019 World AIDS Day recognized in Des Moines
12.01.2019 World AIDS Day: Iowans Pay Tribute to Lives Lost
09.26.2019 Primary Health Care receives quality improvement recognition grant
09.08.2019 Congress Should Fund Community Health CentersÂ
08.19.2019 Primary Health Care’s addiction treatment recognized for effectiveness
08.16.2019 Health Officials Say Kids’ Health Documents Should be Updated Before School Starts
08.08.2019 Primary Health Care staff cites continued funding issuesÂ
08.02.2019 Here are eight innovative programs making a difference in Iowa’s addiction crisis
06.27.2019 Metro health agency offers free testing on National HIV Testing Day
06.27.2019Â East Side wellness center to be named in honor of Harkin
05.30.2019 Local Primary Health Care Dental Clinic expands pediatric dentistry
05.28.2019 On the Rise: Bernadette Beck
05.08.2019 Primary Health Care’s expanded MAT training tackles addiction on all fronts
04.17.2019 Primary Health Care receives national recognition from CMS
04.14.2019Â On the Rise: Heidi Shreck
04.12.2019 Engebretsen to step down from CMO role at Primary Health Care
03.18.2019, On the Rise: Becky Johnson
03.06.2019, Iowa Finance Authority awards $5.2M toward affordable housing
03.04.2019, On the Rise: Amanda Larsen
02.20.2019, Ridley named emerging leader in community health
02.16.2019, CenteringPregnancy prenatal care puts moms in charge
02.16.2019, Mary Greeley awarded grant to help local agencies promote nutrition and food security
02.13.2019, Primary Health Care opens new clinic
02.06.2019, Primary Health Care partners with EMBARC for interpretation program
02.29.2019, Primary Health Care to open wellness center at East Side Clinic
05.23.2018, When an Iowa Family Doctor Takes On the Opioid Epidemic
07.70.2016, Local clinic runs weekly low-cost farmers market
ACA Enrollment Assistance Available at PHC
Farm to Clinic Award PHC Opens Wellness Center
Becky Johnson Named HIV Clinical Director
Dr. Bery Engebretsen Named Chief Visionary Officer
06.03.18 Press Release: Prairie Meadow Awards PHC Community Betterment Grant
06.23.18 PHC’s Medicated Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction Featured in New York Times,
05.14.18 Press Release: PHC Set to Honor Polk County Board of Supervisors at Annual Event
04.27.18 PHC’s Dr. Alan Bollinger featured on “Surviving Bad” with Peter Komendowski
01.10.18 Video Stream Town Hall Meeting: Opioid Epidemic and Its Impact on Story County
01.05.18 KHOI Radio Panel Discussion on the Opioid Epidemic
07.07.17 Press Release: National Health Center Week is Coming Up!
07.2017 Dr. Nicole Gastala Published in ‘Annals of Family Medicine’
06.27.17 National HIV Testing Day, KCCI News
06.2017 How Des Moines & Polk County Achieved an End to Veteran Homelessness
05.15.17 Press Release: Primary Leaders in Health Awards to Honor Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
03.30.17 Press Release: PHC Now Providing Title X Services for Marshalltown & Surrounding Communities
01.27.17 Press Release: ACA Enrollment Assistance Available at Primary Health Care
01.06.17 Opioid Crisis and Epidemic, New York Times
07.21.16 PHC Story County Clinic’s “Farm to Clinic” Highlighted in Ames Tribune
07.07.16 Press Release: PHC Provider, Nicole Gastala M.D. Published in Health Affairs Journal
07.06.16 Press Release: PHC Named 1 of 6 Safety Net Providers to Share in SNAC $500,000 Grant
02.16.19 CenteringPregnancy prenatal care puts moms in charge
02.16.19 Â Mary Greeley awarded grant to help local agencies promote nutrition and food security
02.13.19 Primary Health Care opens new clinic
02.6.19 Primary Health Care partners with EMBARC for interpretation program
01.29.19 Primary Health Care to open wellness center at East Side Clinic
06.23.18Â Â When an Iowa Family Doctor Takes On the Opioid Epidemic
07.20.16Â Local clinic runs weekly low-cost farmers market
04.10.16 PHC CEO on “This Week in Iowa”, Navigating the Medicaid Transition to Managed Care
04.05.16 Press Release: PHC Stands Ready to Help Iowa Medicaid Patients
01.2016 PHC Medical Partner for Clinic at Scavo High School, Â DMPS Blog
12.2015 PHC CEO Kelly Huntsman – Polk County Housing Authority Newsletter
11.2015 Primary Health Care – Raising Central Iowans Out of Poverty, Des Moines Register
11.18.15 The Project’s Greg Gross on WHO- TV
01.2014 Centralized Intake Launch is a Success, Mid Iowa Health Foundation Report
