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Primary Care
Chris Tilden, Interim Director
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 340
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 296-1200
FAX: (785) 296-1231The mission of the Primary Care Office is to assure that vulnerable, low-income, uninsured or otherwise underserved Kansas residents receive adequate access to affordable primary health care services.
State Primary Care Offices are funded in part by the Department of Health and Human Services. These offices are located in state departments of health to represent the needs of the underserved populations and the health professionals who serve them. The Primary Care Office assessment and assistance work is focused on helping local communities through health care access planning, data assistance, specific program services, and technical consultation.
The Primary Care Office seeks to ensure that the underinsured and medically indigent of Kansas receive adequate primary care services.
The Primary Care Office (PCO) approaches this work by looking at the larger health care delivery system and collaboration of public/private partnerships. The overall goal is primary care access for the underserved including: the uninsured, underinsured, low-wage and other vulnerable Kansans. Primary care service delivery is vital in both rural and urban Kansas. Primary care services are the starting place for important prevention activities that ultimately reduce the occurrence of costly illnesses and prevent disease.
