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Project Name: Affordable Care Act Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payment Program (T91)
Applicant Title: CLINICA SIERRA VISTA
Abstract Text: 7800 Niles Street, Bakersfield, CA Carol Stewart, MD, Program Director xxx-xxx-xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx http://riobravofmrp.org/ https://www.clinicasierravista.org/ Name: Rio Bravo Family Medicine Residency Program Specialty: Family Medicine Type of Application: Continuation Application Eligible Entity Type: Federally qualified health center, as defined in section 1905(I)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396d(I)(2)(B)]; Residency sponsored by Clinica Sierra Vista Year Residency Started: 2014 Residency Program Overview: The Rio Bravo Family Medicine Residency Program (RBFMRP) is proud to be a HRSA funded Teaching Health Center. Sponsored by Clinica Sierra Vista, a healthcare organization of 25 federally qualified health centers, RBFMRP has an academic affiliation with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Founded in 2014, the heart of the program is the East Niles Community Health Center, where the residents see their continuity patients. In the last academic year, the Rio Bravo residents provided over 15,000 visits to their very underserved patient population at this site. Over 70% of their patients qualify for MediCal, with another 6-7% being uninsured. The patients are predominately Latino, including migrant farm workers and their families, homeless and other low-income patients from our surrounding HPSA/MUA. Total Resident FTE Requested (Post-Graduate): 18 (6-6-6) Resident FTE Positions Being Requested: 18 (6-6-6) Rotation Sites: N/A (all rotation sites have previously provided resident training)