CBHA

CBHA was founded by a group of community citizens who wanted to guarantee equal access to health care to all people living and working within Othello's trade area. In late 1971, a small group of concerned people gathered to brainstorm solutions to the healthcare crisis created by the growth of population, lack of physicians and low reimbursement to medical providers from public assistance. They wanted to find a way to financially support the medically indigent and to respond to the special needs of the migrants and seasonal farm workers and bring preventive medicine and educational programs to their doorsteps... CBHA has a strong tradition of expanding access to health care and providing high-quality, comprehensive services to the communities we support. We will continue to use Studer's Five Pillar model (Services, Quality, People, Finance, and Growth), as we have done in the past. But we are adding a new one … the Community pillar, a key component for more fully integrating our..

Also known as: CBHA Experience, Columbia Basin Health Association

Primary location: Othello United States