{"id":807441,"date":"2020-05-14T14:05:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383322"},"modified":"2020-05-14T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:05:49","slug":"community-care-clinic-awarded-756k-in-cares-act-funding-as-future-remains-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/community-care-clinic-awarded-756k-in-cares-act-funding-as-future-remains-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Care Clinic awarded $756K in CARES Act funding as future remains uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/CommunityCareClinic-SDN-033120-7-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/CommunityCareClinic-SDN-033120-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/CommunityCareClinic-SDN-033120-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/CommunityCareClinic-SDN-033120-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/CommunityCareClinic-SDN-033120-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/CommunityCareClinic-SDN-033120-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Physician\u2019s assistant Stephanie Kuenn puts on a protective medical gown at the Summit Community Care Clinic in Frisco on March 30.<\/strong><br \/><em>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 The Summit Community Care Clinic received $756,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 CARES Act funding, but that money will only make a dent in what the clinic needs to move through the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators passed the federal CARES Act on March 27, awarding Colorado\u2019s rural health clinics, community access hospitals and community health centers $188 million in addition to $99 million to hospitals that have provided inpatient care to 100 or more COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>The care clinic provides medical, behavioral health and dental care at its location in Frisco. It also runs four school-based health centers in Summit County plus an additional center each in nearby Park and Lake counties. Since state and county public health orders closed schools and dental practices and pushed clinics to telehealth services, the Summit Community Care Clinic has lost a large chunk of its funding.<\/p>\n<p>A little less than half \u2014 47% \u2014 of the clinic\u2019s funding comes from patient revenue. With limited operations due to COVID-19, it has experienced a 75% reduction in its ability to generate that revenue, Community Care Clinic CEO Helen Royal said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The other half of the clinic\u2019s funding comes from grants and donations, most of which are tied to specific services that the clinic can\u2019t perform right now. For example, all of the state grants, which are tied to cancer prevention or behavioral health services, are \u201con the chopping block,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The CARES Act funding will help the clinic replace revenue losses, Royal said. While the clinic is grateful for the $756,000, it is still looking for new ways to shore up funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a fairly large organization and (the CARES Act funding) is approximately three payrolls for us,\u201d she said, putting the amount of money into context. \u201cWe are extremely grateful and appreciate our legislators, but when we look at the big picture, it\u2019s three payrolls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave Byrd, the clinic\u2019s chief financial officer, said the money will be distributed through March and will help cover general and operational expenses as well as increased expenses to test for coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of expenditures since March related to COVID testing at the clinic,\u201d Byrd said. \u201cWe track those and put those in a budget, and we have those as a reimbursement from the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward, Royal said significant portions of the funding are expected to be cut. For example, the clinic expects a 20% reduction in school-based funding, and senior adult dental Medicaid funding is also at risk of being cut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the state level, there is a lot of risk for us both in the moment and looking forward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Private foundations and donors have been \u201cwonderful\u201d through the process, Royal said, as they have provided the clinic with a lot of flexibility for the funds. However, a lot is still up in the air in terms of how the clinic will function in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Royal said she\u2019s focused on meeting the needs of the community while following all of the safety guidelines to help prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat 47% patient revenue piece of the pie could shrink considerably, which means we have to continue to find other ways to provide necessary services for the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/community-care-clinic-awarded-756k-in-cares-act-funding-as-future-remains-uncertain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physician\u2019s assistant Stephanie Kuenn puts on a protective medical gown at the Summit Community Care Clinic in Frisco on March 30.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com FRISCO \u2014 The Summit Community Care Clinic received $756,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 CARES Act funding, but that money will only make a dent in what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 02:36:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}