PEORIA – Nearly $66 million in funding is on its way to improving access to health care for people across many communities in central and northern Illinois living at lower income levels, according to OSF HealthCare.
The Illinois Department of Health and Family Services is providing the funding over the next five years to Peoria-based OSF HealthCare and several Federally Qualified Health Centers that have formed the Medicaid Innovation Collaborative (MIC), which will address social factors that impact health such as financial strain, housing, and food insecurity among others.
The MIC includes OSF HealthCare, OSF Medical Group, and Heartland Health Services in Peoria, Chestnut Health Systems, Inc. in Bloomington, Eagle View Community Health System, Inc. in Oquawka, and Aunt Martha’s Health & Wellness in Danville. Through this partnership, the MIC will engage with community-based organizations to address social determinants of health needs. Additionally, the MIC has partnered with Illinois Central College in East Peoria to develop education for community health workers.
Weekdays 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
