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Driven largely by the prevalence of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 100 times stronger than morphine, drug overdoses in California now kill more than twice as many people as car accidents, more than four times as many as homicides, and more than either diabetes or lung cancer, according to California Health Policy Strategies, a Sacramento consulting group.

If you are experiencing opiate use disorder, MCC is here to offer you confidential and nonjudgmental support. Call us at (707) 969-7950, text us at (707) 962-7219, or stop in and see us at 690 South Main Street in Fort Bragg. You are not alone!

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We will be closed in honor of Juneteenth on Monday, June 19.

If you need us while we’re closed, give us a call at (707) 964-1251 and the on call provider will phone you back. We are always here for you, 24/7/365!

Estaremos cerrados el día Lunes 19 de Junio.

Si nos necesita mientras estamos cerrados, llámenos al (707) 964-1251 y el proveedor de guardia le devolverá la llamada. ¡Siempre estamos aquí para usted, 24/7/365!

Pardon our dust!

We are under construction at our South Street site! We are converting two offices to exam rooms, so we can see more patients. The staff who used those offices will join our medical records staff after that room is remodeled to make room for them. Our construction crew is starting early in the morning to minimize noise and disruption to our patients.

We are grateful to our donors who raised funds at our Crab & Wine event this year for the exam room remodel, and for the grants we received to cover the rest of the construction costs.

We are getting closer to getting our generator installed at South Street, which will keep that location up and running when the power goes out, like it did two weeks ago. Our friends at PG&E came by last weekend to do their part of the generator installation, so we are almost there.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we make our clinic an even better place for the #bestcareanywhere!

¡Discúlpennos por el polvo!

¡Estamos en construcción en nuestro sitio de South Street! Estamos convirtiendo dos oficinas en cuartos de examen para poder atender a más pacientes. El personal que usó esas oficinas se unirá a nuestro personal encargado de los expedientes médicos después de que se remodele esa oficina para dejar espacio para ellos. Nuestro equipo de construcción comienza temprano en la mañana para minimizar el ruido y las molestias a nuestros pacientes.

Estamos agradecidos con nuestros donantes que recaudaron fondos en nuestro evento Crab & Wine este año para la remodelación de los cuartos de examen y por los subsidios que recibimos para cubrir el resto de los costos de construcción.

Estamos cada vez más cerca de instalar nuestro generador en South Street, que mantendrá esa ubicación en funcionamiento cuando se vaya la luz, como sucedio hace dos semanas. Nuestros amigos de PG&E vinieron el fin de semana pasado para hacer su parte en la instalación del generador, así que ya estamos en la recta final.

Gracias por su paciencia y comprensión mientras hacemos de nuestra clínica un lugar aún mejor para atender a nuestros pacientes.

MCC is a Federally Qualified Health Center, so we receive funding from the federal government. And receiving that money means we are held to a very high standard in the way we run our clinic and care for our patients. It also means that the Feds examine us very closely every three years to make sure we are meeting these requirements. The requirements are covered by 93 different categories, ranging from providing sliding scale discounts, accessible language for non-English speakers, our board of directors composition and oversight and a full range of required primary care services. In addition to those required services, MCC provides many of the eligible additional services, and the review team was extremely impressed with our ability to meet the community’s needs.

And meet them we did! At our operational site visit this month, MCC received a perfect score in all 93 categories. One of the three examiners noted that in her 30 year career, she had only seen one other health center receive a perfect score. All three examiners were impressed with our clinics, our staff, and our wide range of services to all ages, our deep collaboration throughout the County and our ability to “grow our own” workforce. It’s how we provide the #bestcareanywhere!

May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, a great time to check this very important vital sign. Learn more about how to monitor and improve your blood pressure here.

We received a call this morning from a patient who had just received a Medicare scam call. The call came from a local cell phone number and the caller had the patient’s correct name, address, and other information. She asked the patient to read out her Medicare number so they could send her a new card. The patient became suspicious and the caller hung up.

Please be aware that Medicare will NEVER call you to ask for your credit card number, and you should never give your Medicare number to anyone. Thank you to our patient for alerting us and the City of Fort Bragg Police Dept about this scam. Neighbors helping neighbors!

Recibimos una llamada esta mañana de una paciente que acababa de recibir una llamada fraudulenta de Medicare. La llamada provenía de un número de teléfono celular local y la persona que llamó tenía el nombre, la dirección y otros datos personales de la paciente. Le pidió a la paciente que leyera su número de Medicare para que pudieran enviarle una nueva tarjeta. La paciente empezó a sospechar y la persona que llamó colgó.

Tenga en cuenta que Medicare NUNCA le llamará para pedirle el número de su tarjeta de crédito, y nunca debe darle su número de Medicare a nadie. Gracias a nuestra paciente por alertarnos a nosotros y al City of Fort Bragg Police Dept sobre esta estafa. ¡Vecinos ayudando a vecinos!

Happy Nurses’ Week to our amazing, dedicated nurses! It would take more than a week to celebrate the countless things MCC’s nurses do to bring the #bestcareanywhere to our patients, every day. These highly skilled professionals routinely go above and beyond for our patients.

Whether it’s caring for our community’s most vulnerable residents at our Street Medicine program or helping patients with chronic pain or diabetes improve their health and quality of life, our nurses are there for our community. Thank you to MCC’s nurses and all nurses everywhere for being the

of healthcare!

There have been some very huge changes to the Public Charge rule for CalFresh. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at the clinic or go online to apply for CalFresh @ benefitscal.com or getcalfresh.org

Han habido algunos cambios muy grandes en la Regla de Carga Pública para CalFresh. Si tiene cualquier pregunta o duda, póngase en contacto con nosotros en la clínica o vaya en línea para solicitar CalFresh a benefitscal.com o getcalfresh.org.

MCC has expanded its suboxone program. Read more here.

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Mendocino Coast Clinics is raising our clinic fees on May 1, 2023. We have not raised our fees in over five years, and the cost of doing business has increased substantially in that time. If you have any questions or issues, please ask a staff member about our sliding fee discount program, applying for Medi-Cal and our same day payment discount.

Mendocino Coast Clinics está incrementando las cuotas de nuestros servicios comenzando el 1 de mayo del 2023. No hemos realizado ningún aumento en cinco años mientras nuestros gastos han incrementado bastante en ese tiempo. Si tiene alguna pregunta o preocupación con esto favor de hablar con algún empleado de la clínica. Se le puede dar información sobre nuestro plan de descuentos, aplicación para el Medi-Cal o información sobre el descuento por pago del mismo día del servicio.

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We’re Here to Help

Juneteenth

Pardon Our Dust/¡Discúlpennos por el polvo!

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Time for a Blood Pressure Check!

Medicare Scam Call/Llamada Fraudulenta de Medicare

Celebrating Our Nurses

CalFresh Changes/Cambios de CalFresh

Suboxone Program Expansion

Fee Increase