FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS
BLOSSOMING ON BROADWAY
Aaron Burch
L
ouisville’s Family Health Center
(FHC) is moving its East Broadway location just down the road
to a building triple the size, and will
have opportunities to serve thousands
of new patients in 2015 and beyond.
FHCs have long provided access
to high quality primary and preventive care services in Jefferson County,
regardless of the patient’s insurance
or ability to pay. In 2013 alone, FHC
served almost 38,000 patients from
every demographic and across seven
Louisville locations.
The new East Broadway FHC expansion, projected to open in
February 2015, will provide coverage to Louisville’s downtown
and surrounding east side neighborhoods. The center will be the
big brother to several smaller locations and counterpoint to the
thriving FHC center in the West End.
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“We’re really at a pivotal location here on East Broadway,” said
Bill Wagner, FHC Executive Director. “The Highlands are nearby,
Butchertown, Crescent Hill, Smoketown, Germantown and the
new building is along a bus route. What we want to do is intercept
people who need primary care and focus on prevention before they
get to the emergency room. We want to keep people healthy and