[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE'S CENTER FOR COMPLEX CARE

 Mr. HELLER. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 
Community Health Alliance's Center for Complex Care, which offers 
innovative and complex health care services to those in need. The 
advanced health care this facility provides is invaluable to northern 
Nevada, bringing an improved quality of life and well-being to those 
with chronic health conditions.
  The Center for Complex Care is the only facility out of several 
Community Health Alliance centers located throughout the Truckee 
Meadows that offers a team-based approach to health care for patients 
with chronic care conditions. A health care team, consisting of a 
primary care provider, social worker, care coordinator, psychiatric 
nurse specialist, medical assistant, clinical pharmacist, and support 
staff, address both the primary health care and behavioral health care 
of each patient. This team serves as a singular, collaborative unit in 
order to make a comprehensive patient assessment. Effective 
communication within the facility connects the physical, social, and 
emotional health of patients, creating a better understanding of the 
patient's needs. Those leading the way at this center stand as role 
models to our local community, demonstrating a genuine concern for 
improving the health of Nevadans. The Silver State is fortunate to have 
a facility like this available to our local community.
  In addition to the Center for Complex Care, the Community Health 
Alliance offers a variety of care options, including pediatric care, 
women's health care, dental care, behavioral health care, a school-
based health center, a supplemental nutrition program for women, 
infants, and children, and health care for the homeless. I would like 
to congratulate this alliance on recently reaching an important 
milestone, its 20th anniversary. This achievement is well deserved, and 
I am grateful to have this significant health care resource available 
to residents across northern Nevada.
  Those serving at this center have gone above and beyond to provide 
high-quality care to Nevadans. Today I ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the Community Health Alliance's Center for Complex Care for 
all it does for the Silver State.

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