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AltaMed Health Services opened its doors as the East Los Angeles Barrio Free Clinic in 1969. Forty years later, it has grown to become California’s largest non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing vital medical care for generations of Angelinos and the greater Southern California area. With annual revenues that exceed $180 million and more than 650,000 annual patient visits, AltaMed consistently receives the highest ratings from the Joint Commission. AltaMed is an important part of the national network of 7,000 FQHC clinics nationwide that provide health care services to more than 18 million patients each year.
AltaMed expert medical staff and patients may be available for press interviews and comment on a variety of topics.
Read the 2011 AltaMed Annual Report
Press Releases
September 13, 2011
AltaMed Offers Free Whooping Cough Vaccinations to Roosevelt High School Students
August 19, 2011
AltaMed Receives First-Ever Primary Care Medical Home Designation from The Joint Commission
News
December 01, 2011
Medicina hace la diferencia en portadores VIH
Hace 30 años, el ser diagnosticado con el virus del VIH era igual a recibir una sentencia de muerte. Actualmente, las personas infectadas con este mortal virus tienen la posibilidad de tener calidad de vida como la de cualquier otra persona. Courtesy of Esmeralda Fabián and La Opinion.
December 01, 2011
Local Events Promote World AIDS Day
Wearing red ribbons, advocates, caregivers, HIV patients and loved ones began a walk from the AltaMed Health Services Clinic in East LA, handing out 1,700 red flowers to remember those lost and to advocate for disease prevention. Courtesy of Alice Wen and Jennifer Kendall and Annenburg TV News
November 28, 2011
Lack of Record Access Drives Up Costs at LA Hospitals for Poor
L.A.'s safety-net hospitals are scrambling to match others nationally that use electronic records and integrated systems to manage care for low-income patients and cut costly hospitalizations. Courtesy of Noam Levey and The Los Angeles Times.
Publications
June 09, 2010
California Adult Day Health Care Economic Impact Report
California Adult Day Health Care Economic Impact Report prepared for the Congress of California Seniors by the Lewin Group.
Media Contact
Luis López
Director, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
AltaMed Health Services
2040 Camfield Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040
Office: 323-889-7833
Mobile: 213-840-9312
Email: llopez@altamed.org
Recent Media Coverage
Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH)
KNX 1070 AM - 8/21/11
Listen to Dr. Martin Serota,
Chief Medical Officer at AltaMed,
discuss PCMH
Tdap Coverage
Telemundo- 7/19/11
Roosevelt-AltaMed Partnership
KABC-6/14/11