About Us
History
The
Coalition of Health Services was organized in February 1996 and
incorporated as a not for profit organization in February 1997.
The purpose of the Coalition is to enhance health through coordinated
and collaborative efforts of the member healthcare facilities. The
Coalition has systematically assessed, planned, and implemented a
permanent infrastructure to support ongoing health initiatives in
individual communities. Opportunities to provide basic public and
preventative health services arose in areas of the Panhandle where care
had previously been lacking. Currently we serve 32 counties through our
programs such as 2Care for Moms & Babies, Baby's Coming Shop, 2Care
for Kids/Maximus, Network Operations, Primary Health Care, Title V, and
Uniting Parents.
Programs
Network
Operations
Network Security for
HIPAA
The Coalition of
Health Services offers the highest level of network security to help
meet today’s demanding HIPAA security requirements. The security of
healthcare information is designed to protect the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of all PHI that an organization creates,
receives, maintains, or transmits. Our network security program uses a
proper combination of administrative, physical and technical safeguards
to comply with HIPAA security regulations. Our network security
infrastructure serves hospitals, private physician practices and
clinics in the Texas Panhandle.
Title V
Title V Fee
for Service provides on an annual basis, approximately $1.3 million of
medical services to women and children. The Coalition has the
upper 26 counties of Texas and Bailey and Hale counties involved in
this program. Title V services are limited in scope to include prenatal
care, child health, family planning, and dysplasia services to
non-Medicaid eligible women and children under 185% of federal poverty
level. Services are provided in clinical settings only with the
exception of tubal ligations for sterilization. Emphasis is placed on
well child exams and keeping immunizations current. By providing
services in a clinical setting only, this population is encouraged to
establish a medical home in their own community. Services are provided
by physicians and nurse practitioners in private clinic settings as
well as those managed by a local hospital district.
Uniting
Parents
Uniting Parents is a
parent case management program for families of children with chronic
illnesses and/or disabilities.
Uniting Parents offers
a network of support to families caring for children with chronic
illnesses and/or disabilities. Staffed by a program director,
administrative assistant and trained parents, Uniting Parents provides
families in the upper 32 counties of the Texas Panhandle the resources
they need to help their children.
The program is designed
to empower families and enhance their children's quality of life
providing information, education, training, referrals, networking and
support.
This wealth of services
is grant funded by the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program
of the Texas Department of State Health Services, and is part of the
Coalition of Health Services, Inc.
For more information you
may contact Maria
Garcia, Program Director at our main office or the sub office in
your area.
Primary
Healthcare
The Primary Health Care
(PHC) program, based in the Associateship of Family Health at the Texas
Department of Health, began in 1987. The Primary Health Care
Services Act, H.B. 1844, which grew out of the indigent health care
legislative package enacted by the 69th Texas Legislature in
1985, created the program.
The PHC program
provides prevention-oriented, education-based primary health care to
Texas residents who could otherwise not receive such care.
Eligibility is limited to those Texas residents whose gross family
income is at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines
(FPIG) and who do not qualify for any other programs or benefits that
provide the same services.
Nonstop
An anonymous donor's $300,000
gift to the Coalition of Health Services
jump-started NonStop, a free program aimed at preventing childhood
obesity, said Carolyn Witherspoon, COHS executive director.
COHS, based in Amarillo, plans to implement
the program throughout the Texas Panhandle on April 29.
NonStop targets children, from ages 5 to 13,
to encourage physical activity and better nutritional choices.
Future Goals
Coming Soon!
For more
information, please email us at info@cohs.net
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