Jennifer Kritz
Jennifer.Kritz@state.ma.us
617-573-1612
DEVAL L. PATRICK
GOVERNOR
TIMOTHY P. MURRAY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
JUDYANN BIGBY, M.D.
SECRETARY
State Awards $32.6 Million in Grants and Rate Payments to Hospitals and Community Health Centers
The goal of the Essential Community Provider Trust Fund is to improve providers’ abilities to serve populations in need more effectively and efficiently through community-based care; clinical support; disease management; primary care; care coordination; and pharmacy management services. While previous years’ funding included only grant awards, the FY09 distributions include both grants and increased Medicaid rate payments designed to maximize federal financial participation. Funding includes $17.4 million in grants and an estimated $15.2 million in increased rate payments. Rate enhancements are approximate and are subject to change based on actual utilization.
“The Patrick Administration is committed to ensuring access to both preventive and acute care, particularly as we continue the successful implementation of health care reform,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby. “The Essential Community Provider Trust Fund gives needed support to hospitals and community health centers at the forefront of patient care.”
Today’s announcement marks the conclusion of a highly competitive application and evaluation process. In November, the state’s Division of Health Care Finance and Policy mailed letters, grant funding applications and instructions to all of the state’s hospitals and community health centers; 82 providers across the state submitted applications for funding that totaled approximately $110 million.
In reviewing grant applications and determining award amounts, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) evaluated the financial needs and role each provider plays in the Commonwealth’s health delivery system in order to maintain equitable access to key services. The state also emphasized the importance of maintaining or expanding behavioral health services and the development of health centers as “medical homes.”
A complete list of grant recipients and award amounts follows.
Metro Boston
| City/Town | Provider | Grant | Rate Payments | Total |
| Boston | Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | - | $252,626 | $252,626 |
| Boston | Caritas Carney Hospital | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| Boston | Codman Square Health Center | $100,000 | - | $100,000 |
| Boston | Dimock Community Health Center | $200,000 | $101,543 | $301,543 |
| Boston | Dorchester House Community Health Center | $100,000 | - | $100,000 |
| Boston | East Boston Neighborhood Health Center | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 |
| Boston | Fenway Community Health Center | - | $13,832 | $13,832 |
| Boston | Franciscan Hospital for Children | $450,000 | - | $450,000 |
| Boston | Geiger-Gibson Community Health Center | $50,000 | $32,352 | $82,352 |
| Boston | Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center | $100,000 | $73,512 | $173,512 |
| Boston | Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center | - | $46,007 | $46,007 |
| Boston | Mattapan Community Health Center | $150,000 | $46,505 | $196,505 |
| Boston | Neponset Health Center | $75,000 | $64,705 | $139,705 |
| Boston | North End Community Health Center | - | $5,067 | $5,067 |
| Boston | Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center | $125,000 | $44,372 | $169,372 |
| Boston | Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center | $75,000 | $2,916 | $77,916 |
| Boston | South Boston Community Health Center | $100,000 | - | $100,000 |
| Boston | South Cove Community Health Center | - | $270,409 | $270,409 |
| Boston | South End Community Health Center | - | $101,796 | $101,796 |
| Boston | Tufts Medical Center | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 |
| Boston | Uphams Corner Health Center | - | $151,998 | $151,998 |
| Boston | Whittier Street Health Center | - | $55,892 | $55,892 |
| Concord | Emerson Hospital | $200,000 | - | $200,000 |
| Milton | Milton Hospital | $350,000 | - | $350,000 |
| Quincy | Manet Community Health Center | $100,000 | $125,205 | $225,205 |
| Quincy | Quincy Medical Center | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 |
Central
| City/Town | Provider | Grant | Rate Payments | Total Award |
| Fitchburg | Community Health Connections Family Health Center | - | $108,423 | $108,423 |
| Gardner | Henry Heywood Memorial Hospitals | $100,000 | - | $100,000 |
| Southbridge | Harrington Memorial Hospital | $200,000 | - | $200,000 |
| Webster | Hubbard Regional Hospital | $200,000 | - | $200,000 |
| Worcester | Community Health Link | $50,000 | $22,708 | $72,708 |
| Worcester | Family Health Center of Worcester | - | $306,222 | $306,222 |
| Worcester | Great Brook Valley Health Center | $100,000 | $152,195 | $252,195 |
Northeast
| City/Town | Provider | Grant | Rate Payments | Total Award |
| Gloucester/ Lynn | Northeast Hospital Corporation | $200,000 | - | $200,000 |
| Lawrence | Greater Lawrence Family Health Center | - | $619,022 | $619,022 |
| Lawrence | Lawrence General Hospital | $1,000,00 | - | $1,000,000 |
| Lowell | Lowell Community Health Center | $100,000 | $163,671 | $263,671 |
| Lowell | Lowell General Hospital | $300,000 | - | $300,000 |
| Lowell | Saints Memorial Hospital | $300,000 | - | $300,000 |
| Lynn | Lynn Community Health Center | - | $267,597 | $267,597 |
| Newburyport | Anna Jaques Hospital | $250,000 | - | $250,000 |
| Salem | North Shore Community Health | - | $56,197 | $56,197 |
Southeast
| City/Town | Provider | Grant | Rate Payments | Total Award |
| Barnstable | Cape Cod Hospital | $725,000 | - | $725,000 |
| Brockton | Brockton Hospital | $1,200,000 | - | $1,200,000 |
| Brockton | Brockton Neighborhood Health Center | $100,000 | $138,749 | $238,749 |
| Eastham | Outer Cape Health Services | $50,000 | $22,983 | $72,983 |
| Fall River | Health First Family Care Center | - | $53,740 | $53,740 |
| Fall River | Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (The Family HealthCare Center) | - | $54,081 | $54,081 |
| Hyannis | Duffy Health Center | - | $37,806 | $37,806 |
| Hyannis | Mid-Upper Cape Community Health Center | $50,000 | $32,352 | $82,352 |
| Mashpee | Cape Cod Free Clinic and Community Health Center | - | $10,575 | $10,575 |
| New Bedford | Greater New Bedford Community Health Center | - | $196,315 | $196,315 |
| New Bedford | Southcoast Hospital Group | $200,000 | - | $200,000 |
| Plymouth | Jordan Hospital | $350,000 | - | $350,000 |
| Taunton | Morton Hospital | $300,000 | - | $300,000 |
| West Tisbury | Island Health Care | - | $2,690 | $2,690 |
West
| City/Town | Provider | Grant | Rate Payments | Total Award |
| Great Barrington | Community Health Center of the Berkshires Children's Health Program Inc. | - | $12,522 | $12,522 |
| Greenfield | Baystate Franklin Medical Center | $325,000 | - | $325,000 |
| Holyoke | Holyoke Health Center | $50,000 | $236,651 | $286,651 |
| Holyoke | Holyoke Medical Center | $2,100,000 | - | $2,100,000 |
| Holyoke | Mercy Medical Center, Sisters of Providence | - | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| Holyoke | River Valley Counseling Center | - | $55,681 | $55,681 |
| North Adams | North Adams Regional Hospital | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 |
| Pittsfield | Berkshire Medical Center | $500,000 | - | $500,000 |
| Springfield | Caring Health Center Inc. | - | $152,032 | $152,032 |
| Springfield | Springfield Health Services for the Homeless | - | $35,755 | $35,755 |
| Turners Falls | Community Health Center of Franklin County | $75,000 | $31,076 | $106,076 |
| Westfield | Noble Hospital | $900,000 | - | $900,000 |
| Worthington | Hilltown Community Health Centers | - | $26,637 | $26,637 |
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