›› Imperial Beach Health Center welcomes Nestor Community Health Center to the Imperial Beach Community Clinic family.

Imperial Beach Community Clinic

Imperial Beach Community Clinic is a private, non-profit healthcare organization that operates two clinics: Imperial Beach Health Center at 949 Palm Avenue in Imperial Beach, California, and Nestor Community Health Center at 1016 Outer Road in San Diego. For more than 39 years, Imperial Beach Community Clinic has provided primary healthcare to people of all ages in Imperial Beach and surrounding communities of southwest San Diego County.

Vision statement

"Imperial Beach Health Center will be a leading medical center in the South Bay, providing the most affordable and highest quality heath care for the whole family in a culturally sensitive manner and environment, with an emphasis on achieving exceptional ratings in patient satisfaction and with a focus on the underserved and vulnerable populations in the community, in order to improve the overall health status of the residents of the Imperial Beach and South San Diego."

-IBHC Board of Directors, November 29, 2006

Imperial Beach Health Cener and Nestor Community Health Center are Federally Qualified Community Health Centers.

Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based and patient-driven organizations that serve individuals and populations with limited access to health care. All people are welcome to come to a community health center for care, but community helath centers take special care to provide services to low-income populations, the uninsured, those with limited English proficiency, migrant and seasonal farm workers, individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and those living in public housing.

Health Center Program Fundamentals

• Located in or serve a high need community
• Governed by a community board composed of a majority (51% or more) of health center patients who represent the population served.
• Provide comprehensive primary health care services as well as supportive services (education, translation and transportation, etc.) that promote access to health care.
• Provide services available to all with fees adjusted based on ability to pay.
• Meet other federal performance and accountability requirements regarding administrative, clinical, and financial operations.

-Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration
US Department of Health and Human Services