Sunday, January 29, 2023
1/29/2023
1. Name: AltaMed Family Medicine Residency 2. Discipline: Family Medicine 3. Type of Application: New Application 4. Eligible Entity Type: Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) (section 1905(I)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act [42 USC 1396d(I)(2)(B)] operating the Family Medicine Residency as the primary accredited entity (operates alone). 5. Year Program Began: 2020 (First PGY 1 Cohort: July 1, 2020) 6. Organization Website: WWW.ALTAMED.ORG 7. Overview: Founded in 1969, AltaMed is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Now the largest FQHC in California, AltaMed offers a patient centered medical home with comprehensive primary care, enabling and social service programs to low-income underserved communities for over 270,000 predominantly Latino children, youths, adults and seniors, 11% of which are uninsured. AltaMed’s Family Medicine Residency is a New Program that launched with six (6) new residents in July 2020. AltaMed’s program is accredited by the ACGME, and the main primary care training site will be the AltaMed Health Services – South Gate location in Los Angeles, California, a designated Health Professions Shortage Area and Medically Underserved Area/Population. Additional training locations will be AltaMed’s community health centers in Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and Adventist White Memorial Medical Center. 8. Total FTE Positions Requested: 24 (6 FTE each year) 9. Requested FTE Positions for Academic Year 2022-2023: 6 FTE (All PGY-1) (6-0-0)
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