Health Infrastructure Investment Program awarded Missouri Highlands a $1 million grant for dental services, according to Reynolds County Courier.
Here are five points:
1. Missouri Highlands was one of the 160 health centers awardees of the Health Infrastructure Investment Program.
2. HIIP enforces existing health center program grantees' goal of raising their patient capacity and administering comprehensive primary and preventative health services to underserved residents through the renovation, expansion or construction of a facility.
3. Missouri Highlands will use the grant to expand the Iron Country Medical Clinic to include a dental clinic.
4. Additionally, Missouri Highlands focuses on providing care to the uninsured and underinsured residents.
5. For those uninsured or underinsured patients, Missouri Highlands offers a sliding fee scale.
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