New dentist joins Family Health Care’s Grant clinic
Lindsay Fisher, DDS, has joined Family Health Care as a general dentist at the Family Health Care clinic at 11 N. Maple Street in Grant. Dr. Fisher received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Michigan and completed a clinical internship at Family Health Care’s clinic in Cadillac. She provides comprehensive dental […]
Family Health Care response to Grant School Board’s letter to the community
The Grant Public School Board of Education posted a letter to the community on its website regarding its June 19 decision to terminate its contract with Family Health Care to operate the Child and Adolescent Health Center. Click here to read the letter. Family Health Care’s response to the letter: Family Health Care remains unaware […]
Statement on Grant School Board’s Vote to End CAHC Contract
Family Health Care was not given notice that the Board of Education would be discussing the contract regarding the school-based Child and Adolescent Health Center (CAHC) located within Grant Middle School. We are disappointed with the Board’s decision to end the contract within 90 days and how this will impact students and families in the […]
Nurse Practitioner Joins Family Health Care’s Cadillac Clinic
Family Health Care is pleased to announce the addition of Kaley Aown, FNP-C to its medical clinic located at 520 Cobb Street in Cadillac. Aown is now accepting new patients of all ages. Aown is a certified family nurse practitioner. She earned her nurse practitioner degree from Michigan State University. Her undergraduate studies were completed […]
School-based health clinics being added in Reed City and Evart
Family Health Care has been awarded grant funding from the state of Michigan to add school-based health centers in the Evart and Reed City school districts. The Child and Adolescent Health Center Program Planning Grants through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will provide $100,000 in funding for each school district to […]
Family Health Care leaders meet with lawmakers in Washington, DC
Family Health Care CEO Julie Tatko, Quality Director Amy Tompkins, and Board Members Eric Davidson, Pam Panetta and Bruce Whitney met with Congressman John Moolenaar and Congressman Jack Bergman at the National Association of Community Health Centers’ policy and issues forum in Washington, DC. The discussion focused on critical health care issues and the need […]
Family Health Care Awarded Going PRO Talent Funding
Family Health Care recently received a $15,000 Going PRO Talent Fund award from Michigan Works! West Central. The funding is provided by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and administered by the local Michigan Works! office. The money assists with training, developing and retaining newly hired and current employees. Family Health Care is […]
Family Health Care welcomes new provider at Grant medical clinic
Leah Bethel, AGNP-C, has joined Family Health Care as an adult-gerontology family nurse practitioner. She will see patients at the Family Health Care clinic at 11 N. Maple St. in Grant. Bethel earned her nurse practitioner degree from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee. Her undergraduate studies were completed at Central Michigan University. […]
Optometrist joins Family Health Care
Shawn Andrus, OD, has joined the vision department at Family Health Care as an optometrist, working alongside Krystyna Sherman, OD. Dr. Andrus graduated from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering and earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from Michigan College of Optometry in Big […]
Family Health Care nationally recognized for efforts to reduce uncontrolled blood pressure among patients
Family Health Care has been recognized by the American Heart Association and American Medical Association for its commitment to improving blood pressure (BP) control rates, earning Gold-level recognition as part of the Target: BP™ initiative. The Gold award recognizes practices in which high blood pressure is controlled in 70 percent or more of the adult […]