DOTmed April 6, 2021
John R. Fischer

Urgent care centers and retail health clinics are under-regulated, with many states lacking access to them for people in low-income and medically underserved communities.

That’s what Community Catalyst and the National Health Law Program are saying in a new report, Making “Convenient Care” the Right Care for All: Improving State Oversight of Urgent Care Centers and Retail Health Clinics.

It also questions what services are being offered, especially at facilities operated by or run in partnership with Catholic health systems.

“We need to make sure these facilities are serving everyone who needs their care and are not turning away uninsured people, steering away from low-income communities or refusing to provide urgent reproductive and sexual health care services and LGBTQ+-inclusive care,”...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Regulations, Retail care, Survey / Study, Trends, Urgent care
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