Tampa Family Health Centers Opens 17th Location

Captions: Speakers are flanked by TFHC Board members for the ribbon cutting; U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor; State Rep. Ed Narain; Tampa City Councilman Charlie Miranda; More than 100 attended the event; TFHC CEO Charles Bottoms; Florida Hospital Tampa CEO Brian Adams; The new center uses 9,000 square feet in Florida Hospital Tampa's former emergency room.

Tampa Family Health Centers (TFHC) opened its newest health center facility at Florida Hospital Tampa. The opening of the 17th location was marked by a ceremonial ribbon cutting and remarks by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D. Fla., State Rep. Ed Narain, Tampa City Councilman Charlie Miranda, and chief executive officers from both facilities.

TFHC is one of the largest not-for-profit ambulatory care providers in Hillsborough County. Florida Hospital Tampa is one of Tampa’s largest not-for-profit tertiary hospitals. The partnership is designed to help patients get adequate care and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits. It will serve adult and pediatric patients for acute and chronic disease

“Tampa Family Health Center will serve nearly 100,000 patients this year, and we are excited about this unique partnership with Florida Hospital Tampa and; more importantly are excited to be able to expand our reach and increase that access to members of our community when and where they need us,” says TFHC CEO Charles R. Bottoms.

This latest location is a joint effort between TFHC and Florida Hospital Tampa. It is located at Florida Hospital Tampa and is operated and managed by TFHC. The center features approximately 9,000 square feet of space, including 10 examination rooms and a pharmacy, which is scheduled to open in July. At full operational capacity, the center will create 19 new positions. One of the primary objectives of opening the new health center is to provide underserved patients in the community with a medical home – emphasizing patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based coordinated, accessible care focused on quality and safety and delivering the right level of care in the appropriate environment. Tampa Family Health Centers accepts private insurances, Medicaid and Medicare coverages and provides income-based discounts for uninsured patients.

“Improving access to critical health care services available in our community is a top priority and we are honored to partner with Tampa Family Health and be in a position to provide the space needed for their new center,” says Brian Adams, President and CEO, Florida Hospital Tampa.

Tampa Family Health Centers and Florida Hospital Tampa are leading the region in adopting a model that the health care industry considers “best practice” to collaborate in effort to find patients medical homes.

“The addition of the new Tampa Family Health Center helps us to demonstrate this vitally important partnership model to provide the right level of care in the right setting,” says Dr. Wenzel Tirheimer, Emergency Room medical director of Florida Hospital Tampa.

The address for the new center is 3100 E. Fletcher Avenue, Tampa 33613 (located onsite at Florida Hospital Tampa, off of the Fletcher Avenue entrance). The center will be opened Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.