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The 340B Drug Pricing Program is an essential source of support for Community Health Centers (CHCs), allowing them to stretch increasingly scarce federal resources and reinvest in patient care. The program allows CHCs to purchase outpatient drugs at significantly reduced costs. CHCs pass the savings on to their patients through reduced drug prices and invest […]

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Tune in to watch Population Health Specialist, Delma Rybinski, chat with Katie Turner.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxmiRRVr0I

Tune in and watch our Director of Community Development, Lisa Freudenberger, chat with Katie Turner.

“Since the first Community Health Center (CHC) opened in 1965, our nation’s largest primary care network has expanded to over 1,500 sites, now serving more than 32.5 million people across the United States and its territories—in both rural and urban communities. Despite their growth and critical role in healthcare delivery, several misconceptions about CHCs persist,

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Nearly 18,000 women have received contraceptive care at Little River Medical Center locations over the last five years thanks to grants totaling $1.8 million through South Carolina nonprofit New Morning. The care — which includes birth control, family planning education and counseling — helps women who are uninsured, underinsured or low income. Pam Davis, CEO

One in three American adults has high blood pressure which puts them at risk for stroke and heart disease, two of the leading causes of death in the US. The American Health Association recommends self-monitoring for all people with high blood pressure. Self-monitoring assists healthcare providers in determining whether treatments are working. LRMC’s self-monitoring hypertension

In just one month, Little River Medical Center, Horry County’s largest community health center, has distributed hundreds of at-home rapid COVID-19 tests and N-95 masks across their service area. Test kits and masks were provided free of charge to the community through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) COVID-19 Testing Supply Program. While COVID-19

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