SAMUEL U RODGERS HEALTH CENTER INC
This organization has already been registered
Someone in your organization has already registered and setup an account. would you like to join their team?Profile owner : d*****y@s********s.o*g
Mission Statement
Our mission: To provide high quality, compassionate and affordable health care for all.Our vision: Healthy people in a healthy community. Our values: Kindness, Integrity, Professionalism, Excellence.
About This Cause
When Dr. Samuel Rodgers – the first Board-certified African-American OB/GYN in the Kansas City area - founded the Health Center in 1968, he had a vision and a passion: to ensure everyone has access to quality health care, regardless of ability to pay. That vision and passion are as fresh and vibrant for us today as they were a half-century ago. In honoring Dr. Rodgers’ vision, the Health Center provided $6,000,000 in unreimbursed health care for our patients in 2024. Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center fulfills its mission by providing comprehensive primary care in the areas of adult and senior medicine, well-woman and obstetrical care, pediatric and adolescent health, behavioral health, and oral health services for our community's most medically and socially vulnerable families. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (a national certification organization committed to improving the quality of health care) recognizes Samuel U. Rodgers as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home; we provide team-based, patient-centered care, which actively engages the patient and family in developing the care plan, teaching self-management skills, and ensuring follow-up care. In addition, Samuel U. Rodgers is a Federally Qualified Health Center (the very first in Missouri and only the fourth FQHC in the entire country to be accorded that designation). As part of our full complement of out-patient services, we provide Health Home services to coordinate care for individuals who have chronic conditions. We also provide on-site Women, Infant & Children (WIC), imaging, pharmacy, and laboratory services. We have MO HealthNet (Medicaid) enrollment specialists, and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Certified Enrollment Counselors available to assist patients. Rodgers Health provides free transportation and interpretation services to patients. In addition, we bring community outreach and education programs to the greater Kansas City community. Sam Rodgers serves some of the most socially and medically vulnerable populations in the greater Kansas City region. The patient population and the communities we serve are more than merely indigent - they struggle to provide even the bare necessities of life for their families. Our patients are ethnically and racially diverse, with 17% African/African American/Black, 6% Asian or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 13% Caucasian, 51% Hispanic/Latinx, and 13% are more than 1 race/undisclosed. In 2024 we served 21,755 patients of those, 90% were uninsured or on Medicare.