HPC Scores 98 Percent on Operations Site Visit!
Amy Falk, CEO
Health Partnership Clinic (HPC) was successful in its 2018 Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Operational Site Visit (OSV), which was conducted this week for HPC’s five clinic sites.
The OSV included a detailed review of HPC documents and interviews with staff, board members and patients.
In the positive review, HPC successfully met 98 percent of the elements in HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPCH) Compliance Manual.
One surveyor stated, “It is not often that an organization receives only two noncompliant marks. It’s very impressive.”
The HRSA site visit, which is the standard federal reviewing arm for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), confirms health clinics are committed to financial and service delivery work plans. The site visit occurs every three years.
The HRSA assessment confirms HPC’s ability to meet its goals and mission by offering the best quality health care to patients regardless of their economic situations.
“I am extremely happy with the survey results,” says Amy Falk, Chief Executive Officer. “The survey validates how far we’ve come over the past two-plus years to reach our goal of building a sustainable infrastructure and becoming the clinic of choice.”
“A huge thank you to the staff for their efforts this week and for practicing and living our mission every day. I am exceedingly proud of every member of our team who contributed to this positive outcome. We literally hit it out of the ballpark in almost every area!”
During their closing remarks to HPC’s senior leaders and board members, the surveyor team recognized HPC for demonstrating excellence in:
- responsiveness toward patients’ needs
- great Board of Director collaboration
- developing and maintaining community and health partnerships
- provider credentialing process
- data collection and use
- plans for the clinic’s high-risk diabetes clinic (which will begin this summer)
Board Chair Tierney Grasser adds, “The success of this survey is a testament to the commitment and professionalism of Health Partnership’s entire team. Surveyors were generous with their praise of our organization – the staff, facilities and the care we give our patients.
“Well prepared,” “superb” and “outstanding” were just a sampling of the adjectives we heard from surveyors.”
In addition to the site surveyors and HRSA representative, Melody Martin, Director of Training & Technical Assistance for Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved (KAMU), attended the three-day survey.
“The leadership team has done a truly remarkable job to transform HPC in such a brief timespan. One of the areas that stood out to me and the reviewers was the clinic’s diabetes performance plan. The idea of creating a high-risk diabetes clinic that is multi-disciplined, data-driven and utilizes existing resources indicates the caliber of staff and their innovative approach to chronic disease management. It also serves as a promising practice for other FQHCs.”
