CHARLES B. WANG COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.

Item 2022-001 ? Special Tests and Provisions on Sliding Fee Discounts: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Center Program Cluster: Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care) (Federal Assistance Listing Number 93.224); COVID-19 - Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care) (Federal Assistance Listing Number 93.224) and Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (Federal Assistance Listing Number 93.527) Criteria: Health centers are required to have a corresponding schedule of discounts applied and adjusted on the basis of the patients? ability to pay and their eligibility. A patient?s eligibility to pay is determined on the basis of the official poverty guidelines,…

Corrective action: Action Taken: The Health Center is committed to serving patients that are underserved and under- or un-insured. Staff will be re-trained on how to implement annual updates of the sliding fee discount schedule for Department of Health and Human Services annual poverty guidelines changes, across all types of visits, on a timely basis, to ensure that self-pay and patients with third-party health insurance are assessed and charged a discounted fee based on their income and family size according to CBWCHC?s sliding fee discount schedule. In addition, they will periodically self-check patient records to see if the training was effective. This training will begin in the 2nd quarter of 2023 and will…