Rockbridge Area
Health Center

Caring for the Whole Community

Coming to a neighborhood near you:
Mobile Medical and Dental Services


RAHC is addressing transportation barriers to health care with the recent acquisition of two state-of-the-art mobile health care units, one designed for medical care and one for dental care.

Patients will find us at locations in the greater Rockbridge area, including schools, churches, businesses, senior centers, community gatherings, and more!

Upcoming Medical Clinics:

Throughout the month, the mobile medical unit will be at the School-Based Health Center at Rockbridge County High School.

Upcoming Dental Clinics:

All Mobile Dental Clinics take place from 8:30 am – 5 pm

December 2024

December 3: Rockbridge Baths Volunteer Fire Department
December 4: Rockbridge Baths Volunteer Fire Department

December 10: Natural Bridge Volunteer Fire Department
December 11: Natural Bridge Volunteer Fire Department

December 17: Goshen Community Center
December 18: Goshen Community Center

 

Click here for additional dates and information.

Appointments required.
To schedule an appointment with our mobile dental clinic, call (540) 464-8700 ext. 7195.

Flu & COVID-19 Immunizations

Updated September 6, 2024

Flu Vaccine: Patients are welcome to schedule an appointment for a flu vaccine. Patients with upcoming appointments may receive the vaccine during their scheduled appointment.

COVID-19 Vaccine: The 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is now available for registered patients aged five and older. COVID-19 vaccines for children 6 months – 4 years old are expected to be available in the next week.

The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older should get the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine. This includes people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine before and people who have had COVID-19.

Learn about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, what to expect when getting a vaccine, and vaccine effectiveness at the CDC website.

Please call or send a text message to (540) 464-8700 to schedule a flu or COVID-19 immunization appointment.
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Medical

Providing high-quality and comprehensive
Primary Medical Services in Lexington and Buena Vista.

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Dental

Providing Dental Services for the whole family at every stage of life in our Lexington and Buena Vista locations.

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Behavioral Health

Providing a wide range of fully-integrated behavioral health care to children and adults.

Caring for Our Whole Community

A Healthcare Home for the Whole Community

The Rockbridge Area Health Center (RAHC) offers high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to anyone seeking access to care. Medical, dental, behavioral health, and medication assistance is available to patients of all ages who are insured, uninsured, and to those with Medicaid and Medicare. Additional savings are available through an income-based sliding fee discount program.

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Providing High-Quality and Affordable Healthcare

As a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), we provide comprehensive healthcare that is coordinated and team-based to anyone, regardless of income or insurance status. You may be eligible for a sliding fee discount program, based on your household/family size and how much you earn, even if you have insurance.

What’s New with RAHC

Patients’ Stories

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RAHC has given me access to health care which has helped since losing my job. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to see a doctor.

We had a great experience getting our COVID-19 vaccines at RAHC and thanks to those lovely nurses that took time to talk to us about our shots.

I had been avoiding going to the doctor and dentist for five years because I couldn’t afford health insurance. I am so grateful for RAHC’s affordable health care.

The pediatrician is always so patient with my granddaughter and talks to her, so she feels included in her appointment.

Health Resources and Services Administration Health Center Quality Leader

Health Center Quality Leader

The Rockbridge Area Health Center was among the top 20% of all Health Services Resources Administration (HRSA) supported health centers that achieved the best overall clinical outcomes, demonstrating high-quality across our clinical operations in 2022, 2021, and 2018, and top 30% of all HRSA supported health centers in 2020 and 2019. Benchmarks were determined by mathematically adjusting for certain health center characteristics facilitating comparisons across health centers, and sorting health centers into quartiles for each clinical quality measure. Health centers are assigned a quartile ranking for each of several critical clinical quality measures, based on their performance. These rankings are then averaged together to create an Average Quartile Ranking (AQR). Health centers that ranked in the top decile (top 30% of average quartile rankings) are awarded Health Center Quality Leader recognition.

Patient-Centered Medical Home

Patient-Centered Medical Home

After a rigorous review process, RAHC has been recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Level 3, the highest level of recognition. This means that as the patient, you are at the center of a team of health care professionals partnering with you to make informed decisions. By receiving this recognition, RAHC has made a commitment to providing a quality improvement within the practice and a patient-centered approach to care that results in patients that are happier and healthier. This also leads to lower health care costs, higher-quality care, and a more meaningful experience.

Access Enhancer

The Access Enhancer badge recognizes health centers that have increased the total number of patients and the number of patients who receive at least one comprehensive service (mental health, substance use disorder, vision, dental, or enabling) by at least 5% during back-to-back UDS reporting periods (2021 and 2022 UDS).

Advancing Health Information Technology for Quality

Recognizes health centers that meet specific criteria determined by HRSA to optimize HIT services under the following five criteria:

    1. Adopted an electronic health record (EHR) system
    2. Offers telehealth services
    3. Exchanges clinical information electronically with key providers health care settings
    4. Engages patients through health IT
    5. Collects data on patient social risk factors

Support Us

As a local, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, we rely on our community’s support to provide high-quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare to anyone, regardless of income or insurance status, especially our underserved neighbors.

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