La Maestra Telemedicine | 2020 Timelines: La Maestra History

  • In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, La Maestra quickly pivots services and increase telemedicine and telephonic services by more than 65% and at the height of the pandemic 78% of clinic service are provided via telemedicine or telephonic visits

 

  • In 2020, the organization added additional clinic sites and services including multiple Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Service sites to meet the needs of the community. The organization now has 18 clinic sites, including primary care, behavioral health, pharmacy, dental suites, and school-based clinic sites. The organization also added ophthalmology services and a large Cough & Cold clinic site located at 4074 Fairmount Avenue in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The site provides COVID-19 testing, including walk-up and drive thru testing, vaccination information and services, COVID-19 triage services.

 

La Maestra received SAMHSA CCBHC funding to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center.