Affiliations & Accreditations

Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a program that Bland County Medical Clinic is using to improve primary care. This program includes a set of standards that help provide better-organized care for our patients.

PCMH requires a parternership be made between our patients, their provider, and when appropriate, their family. Providing quality care will be achieved by using an extended team of health professionals to build a better relationship with our patients. Your team will include a provider, a nurse, a patient care coordinator and other healthcare professionals.

Your healthcare team will build this relationship, with you and your family, so that they are able to stay more informed about your medical history, family situations and healthcare issues. In turn, you come to trust and rely on them for expert health care answers.

Participate In Your Care

• You are the most important member of your medical home team.
• Learn about your medical conditions and how to stay as healthy as possible.
• Follow the care plan agreed upon by you and your healthcare team.

Work With Your Medical Team

• Bring a list of medication that you are taking and any questions about your healthcare with you at each visit.
• If you are seeing another provider for any of your healthcare needs, notify your team so they can coordinate your care.
• If you don’t understand something that is discussed at your appointment, ask a member of your team to explain it in a different way so that you can better understand.

Bland County Medical Clinic receives U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding and has Federal Public Health Service deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

Since its enactment in 1946, the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) has been the legal mechanism for compensating people who have suffered personal injury by the negligent or wrongful action of employees of the U.S. government. Under Section 224 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992 and 1995, employees of eligible health centers may be deemed to be federal Employees qualified for protection under the FTCA.

Bland County Medical Clinic is an eligible health center and must do an annual renewal deeming application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC). There is no cost to participating health centers or their providers, and they are not liable for any settlements or judgments that are made. The federal government assumes responsibility for these costs. The health center, their employees and eligible contractors are considered federal employees immune from suit for medical malpractice claims while acting within the scope of their employment. Once deemed, Health Center Program grantees are immune from medical malpractice lawsuits resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions within the approved scope of the project.

A patient who alleges acts of medical malpractice by a deemed health center cannot sue the center or the provider directly, but must file the claim against the United States.