Flu Season Hits Plateau The 2018 flu season appears to have hit a plateau after a particularly virulent season. According to the Arizona Department of Health report, there have been over 22,917 reported cases of flu in the state and 461 pneumonia and influenza deaths. This represents a represent a small proportion of the true…
Congress Passes 2-Year Community Health Center Funding Bipartison Budget Includes CHC Funding Following a brief government shutdown, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package that included two years of funding for Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program. Congress had failed to reauthorize the…
Community Healthcare Funding at Risk More than 645,000 patients are served by Community Health Care Centers in Arizona but they have been dealing with considerable uncertainty and stress since Congress failed to reauthorize the Community Health Center Fund and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which expired September 29, 2017. After 114 days without a…
Receive an Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Donations Made to Canyonlands Healthcare are Eligible for an Arizona Charitable Tax Credit. Give now and receive a dollar-for-dollar Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Help us provide rural healthcare to Arizona communities. Donations make it possible for us to provide integrated, affordable, and quality healthcare to our patients regardless of…
Canyonlands Healthcare Providing Vaccines for Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Symptoms Early symptoms of pertussis are like getting a cold, including runny nose, sneezing and coughing that becomes more persistent. Pertussis is easily spread when an infected person coughs. Children often make a “whooping” noise when they breathe. This disease is most serious for babies under one…
STD Screening Available at Canyonlands Healthcare at Low or No Cost STDs spread very easily, and young people have been hit hard by them. 1 out of 4 teenage girls has an STD. Untreated STDs can cause some serious health problems. These include problems with the reproductive system, and could result in not being able…
Hurry, Affordable Care Act Enrollment Ends Dec. 15 Decrease in Average Premium Costs Expected in Arizona According to the Arizona PIRG Education Fund, 8 out of 10 Arizonans buying through the Health Insurance Marketplace currently receive financial assistance and eight in 10 shoppers in the Health Insurance Marketplace can qualify for a plan for $100/month…
Canyonlands Urgent Care Open on Sundays Canyonlands Healthcare is pleased to announce that we are offering full weekend care by extending our Urgent Care clinic hours to include Sundays, beginning November 5, 2017. Canyonlands Urgent Care is a walk-in and emergency care clinic in Page Arizona. We have on-site financial counselors who work closely with…
Sand Tray Treatments Helpful for PTSD, Abuse and Sensitive Issues Sand Tray Treatment Sand Tray Therapy is a non-verbal approach that involves the use of miniature toys, figurines, and objects in the sand. The world within the sand tray is expressed through the unconscious in symbolism and metaphor, and may not even make immediate sense…
Arizona CHIP Program Will Continue, For Now Arizona To Receive CMS Dispersal to Keep CHIP Program Running a Little Longer This article was originally published by Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts and was written by Michael Ollove. Congress didn’t meet the Sept. 30 deadline for renewing the $15 billion a year CHIP program,…