What are the benefits of being an FQHC Look-Alike?
FQHC Look-Alikes receive many of the same benefits as FQHCs, including: • Enhanced Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement • Eligibility to purchase prescription and non-prescription medications for outpatients at reduced cost through the 340B Drug Pricing Program • Automatic designation as a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The HPSA designation provides eligibility to apply to receive National Health Service Corps (NHSC) personnel and eligibility to be a site where a J-1 visa physician can serve. Look-Alikes, by definition, are not recipients of PHS 330 grant funding. However, because they already meet the program requirements for this grant funding, FQHC Look-Alikes are mature applicants for PHS 330 funding.
