The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that the Harmony Health Medical Clinic and Family Resource Center in Marysville was awarded $90,500 to provide health center outreach and insurance enrollment assistance.
After operating for 22 years as a Rural Health Clinic, the center became a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center in September, which qualified it for the funds through the Health insurance Marketplace, Harmony CFO Jennifer Hunter said.
“It will pay for an additional staff member to go out and meet with the community to see how we can serve them better,” Hunter said. “It will help people navigate the (health insurance) system and show them it’s not as scary as it might seem.”
The center serves about 7,000 patients each year, and about 80 percent are on Medicare. The new staff position, which has already been filled, will help educate and guide people through the process of signing up for Covered California, Medicare and other health insurance options, Hunter said. For the full article click here
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