With the opening of two new clinics in Inglewood and Lebanon, Neighborhood Health now has a dozen locations serving Davidson, Wilson and Trousdale counties.
In December, Neighborhood Health at Lebanon celebrated the new location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community open house. A physician and nurse practitioner provide comprehensive preventive and primary care. A licensed behavioral health provider also is available for counseling. The clinic, which is located on East High Street, is projected to serve 2,500 individuals annually. The clinic was made possible by $495,000 in Affordable Care Act funding. The grant was part of a $101 million national initiative to fund 164 new community health centers across the nation.
In November, a similar ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the Inglewood Clinic, located on Gallatin Pike, which brings access to care for this medically underserved area. Neighborhood Health cited need – nearly 40 percent of the residents are low-income; about 7,000 do not have access to affordable primary healthcare; and 20 percent of the children live in households under the poverty line – as the impetus for opening the new clinic.