I would not in any way wish to offend any fellow AC users.
And Congrats on the FQHC status.
My commnent: Around my neck of the woods, FQHC designation is considered (by us private practice docs) as a license to print money (reimbursements range, reportedly, 5 to 8 times what I get for a 9921x) for MediCaid pts.
Good luck.
With the caveat that I am sure Marty's will be different; maybe they will all be different. But, I have never agreed with a post more than Nephros'. Maybe I despise most FQHCs wrongly because of our FQHC whose only goal is to become the most powerful medical clinic in the world. We have tons of their patients transfer to us, and I find it crazy that they saw a provider the day before and the FQHC was reimbursed over $110.00 and I see them, diagnose them and get $42.00. They steal patients by seeing them in school clinics and any other way they can. They have already bought at least six practices, OT/PT clinics and other affiliated services. They make TONS of money and when they run short, there is always that $650,000 tax-free stipend. Of course, they have no liability insurance and no taxes, etc. And, the doctors get paid handsomely.
