825 North Capitol Street, NE
3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-5875
Mission
The Primary Care Administration (PCA) supports building and sustaining healthy
communities by increasing access to high quality primary healthcare services
within a comprehensive and integrated healthcare delivery system and fosters
the organizational and physical development of non-profit community based
healthcare clinics. These milestones are achieved by collaborations with
public/private stakeholders, increasing the number of primary care providers,
determining the need for new and updated Health Professional Shortage Areas
(HPSA) designations, identifying gaps in service delivery, developing new
primary care training sites, developing systems to monitor the quality of
services provided at healthcare clinics and assisting in the physical
improvement of clinical space to ease access and increase capacity to meet
community needs.
Core Functions
Promotes the sustainable provision of comprehensive, quality health care to all residents of the District of Columbia regardless of their ability to pay for services.
Promotes the development and utilization of new and existing primary health care services in unserved and Underserved communities to serve as medical homes.
Assist in the development of health care sites and placement recommendation for National Health Service Corps. Provider placement throughout the District of Columbia.
Participates in the State-20 program, placing committed primary care, psychiatric and dental physicians in unserved and Underserved communities.
Provides financial assistance for enhancement of existing primary care services or capital improvements provided through community health centers.
Designates Health Professional Shortage Area, Medically Undeserved Populations (MUP) and Medically Underserved Areas (MUA).
