Improving Access to Care

Patients from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital’s neighboring communities are broadly diverse in health status and socioeconomic standing. Packard Children’s Community Benefits serve the entire community by ensuring that care is accessible to those who need it, regardless of their medical condition, location or ability to pay.

Commitment to Medi-Cal and Government Programs
Children’s Health Insurance Commitment
Ravenswood Family Health Care Partnership
Mobile Adolescent Health Services (Teen Van)

Commitment to Medi-Cal and Government Programs

Packard Children’s clinics play a vital role in providing pediatric and obstetric services to children and women covered by Medi-Cal. Packard Children’s also operates special-care centers for California Children’s Service (CCS) in 19 different pediatric specialties.

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Children’s Health Insurance Commitment

Providing a health care safety net to all children is a fundamental part of Packard Children’s commitment to the community. We accept all forms of government insurance including California Health and Disability Prevention program (CHDP), California Children’s Service (CCS) and other programs. We also accept Medicare as coverage for young patients with end-stage renal disease or who qualify in other ways for Medicare coverage.

FY 2005 activity

Ravenswood Family Health Care Center Partnership

Packard Children’s Hospital’s partnership with Ravenswood Family Health Center (RFHC) has been recognized nationally as a model for hospital-community clinic partnerships.

Mobile Adolescent Health Services (Teen Van)

The multidisciplinary staff of the Mobile Adolescent Health Services program has been providing expert care since 1996, custom-designed for high-risk youth aged 12-24 who rely exclusively on the Teen Van as their only link to a network of services and knowledge they urgently need.