Utah Partners For Health

UTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH PROVIDES COMPASSIONATE, COMPREHENSIVE, QUALITY CARE TO EMPOWER UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN A PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME.

IN 2022, UPFH SERVED 7,165 PATIENTS WITH 18,068 VISITS. LOOKING BACK, UPFH CREATED: - 4.5 NEW JOBS - PROMOTED 7 PEOPLE INTERNALLY, - AND TURNED OVER 10 JOBS. UPFH HAS GROWN TO 65 EMPLOYEES AND HAVE MAINTAINED BENEFITS OF HEALTH, DENTAL, AND VISION INSURANCE, HEALTH SAVINGS, WHILE KEEPING OUR COST PER VISIT, AND PATIENT, LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. UPFH CONTINUES TO SERVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED PATIENTS OF ANY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN THE STATE OF UTAH (75%). THIS IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT MEANS WE ARE OPERATING PRIMARILY OUT OF PATIENT COPAYS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS, RATHER THAN PATIENT SERVICE REVENUES FROM INSURANCE PAYORS. AND YET EVERY DOLLAR DONATED AND EARNED HELPS US SERVE MORE UNDERSERVED PATIENTS. OUR PATIENTS VISITS GREW BY 2.3% AND WE HIT EVERY REVENUE GOAL FOR 2022 DESPITE NOT QUITE HITTING OUR ENCOUNTER GOALS DUE TO BEING DOWN A MEDICAL PROVIDER FOR 7 MONTHS. OUR PATIENT PAYOR MIX HAS CONTINUED TO SHIFT: - SELF-PAY PATIENTS SHIFTED FROM 77% TO 75% - SELF-PAY BILLABLE ENCOUNTERS SHIFTED FROM 73% TO 68% - PRIVATELY INSURED PATIENTS ARE UP 2%. OUR UPFH PATIENTS IN 2022: - 89% UNDER 200% FPG - 54% UNDER 100% FPG - 75% UNINSURED - 75% HISPANIC OR LATINO - 67% BEST SERVED IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. - 61% FEMALE AT BIRTH AND 44% BY GENDER IDENTITY - 39% MALE AT BIRTH AND 27% BY GENDER IDENTITY - 18% LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL OR OTHER - 28% 19 OR UNDER - 44% 20-50 - 21% 51-64 - 7% OVER 65 PHARMACY BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL INSURANCE REVENUES WHILE LOWERING DRUG COSTS AND COPAYS FOR OUR PATIENTS. IN 2022, THE PHARMACY FILLED NEARLY 12,000 PRESCRIPTIONS. UPFH SUCCESSFULLY STARTED UTILIZING NEW SPACE IN BOTH OUR MEDICAL CLINICS, INCLUDING GAINING 2000 SQUARE FEET ADJACENT TO THE MID-VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC FROM SALT LAKE COUNTY IN JUNE (ACHIEVING A LONG-HELD GOAL TOWARD INTEGRATION OF SPACE AND SERVICES), AND GETTING FULLY STAFFED ON PROVIDERS TO FILL THE WEST JORDAN FAMILY CLINIC. THESE CLINICS PROVIDED 8,421 MEDICAL VISITS, 1395 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/HEALTH EDUCATION VISITS AND 8,436 PATIENT INSURANCE NAVIGATOR ASSISTS IN 2022. UPFH OBTAINED THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO START IN-HOUSE OPTICAL SERVICE TO HELP CLEAR OUR WAITING LISTS AND WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NUMEROUS ORGANIZATION TO CREATE ACCESS TO VISION SERVICES. OUR MOBILE MEDICAL AND VISION TRAILERS WENT ON SITE TO 45 LOCATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 187 CLINICS IN 2022. SITES INCLUDE A HOMELESS SHELTER, TWO TREATMENT CENTERS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND TITLE I SCHOOLS IN GRANITE AND CANYONS DISTRICTS. MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS PROVIDED 747 FREE VISITS, INCLUDING 105 MOBILE MEDICATED ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) VISITS FOR PATIENTS WITH INCOMES LESS THAN 200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. THE MOBILE CLINICS REDUCE CARE ACCESS BARRIERS, SUCH AS LANGUAGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND INCOME, AND MAKE CARE ACCESSIBLE. OUR VISION SERVICES PROVIDED EXAMS TO 1,761 PATIENTS IN 2022 AND GAVE OUT 1,507 PAIRS OF FREE GLASSES. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES HAVE CONTINUED, AND WE MAINTAINED MOBILE MAT SERVICES AT THE ORANGE STREET TREATMENT CENTER ALL YEAR WITH GOOD SUCCESS AND PARTNERSHIP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVEN STRONGER INTEGRATION BETWEEN MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR OUR PATIENTS IN 2023. WE INCREASED ACCESS AND INTEGRATION OF COUNSELING AND DENTAL SERVICES, ADDING SPACE (TWO MORE DENTAL OPERATORIES), PROVIDERS, AND INTERNS TO EACH SPECIALTY. DENTAL PATIENTS INCREASED 22% AND VISITS INCREASED BY 17%. COUNSELING PATIENTS INCREASED BY 25% AND VISITS BY 31% IN A YEAR WHEN DEMAND FOR COUNSELING SERVICES IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH NATIONWIDE. UPFH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE APPLICATION AND WAS AWARDED THE RENEWAL OF OUR FEDERAL GRANT AWARD FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS.

UTAH PARTNERS FOR HEALTH COLLABORATES WITH MULTIPLE FOR-PROFIT CLINICS WILLING TO PROVIDE IN-KIND DONATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE IN MAGNA, WEST VALLEY, AND KEARNS, UTAH. MODEL I - PROVIDES ACCESS TO PRIMARY MEDICAL, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES AT PARTNER FOR PROFIT HEALTH CARE CLINICS AT A FRACTION OF THE COST. PRIVATE PARTNER PROVIDERS DONATE 77% OF THEIR USUAL CHARGES TO OUR LOW-INCOME AND UNINSURED PATIENTS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED 1,303 MEDICAL VISITS IN 2022 INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING SUCH AS MRI, CT SCAN, AND RADIOLOGY. IN MODEL ONE, EACH 1 DONATED WAS LEVERAGED FOR 18.61 IN TOTAL CARE. IN-KIND DONATIONS TOTALED 178,810 FOR MODEL 1 AND 277,419 ORGANIZATION WIDE.