Alabama Regional Medical Services

Birmingham Health Care (originally Birmingham Health Care for the Homeless) is a non-profit health center founded in 1983 to facilitate delivery of health care to indigent populations in Birmingham. It was part of a 19-city pilot project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Pew Memorial Trust and receives ongoing funding, as a Federally Qualified Health Center, from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Jonathan Dunning was the organization's CEO until 2008. Issues arising from Dunning's relationship with for-profit companies doing business with Birmingham Health Care have limited the effectiveness of the clinic's operations. UAB, which had partnered with the clinic since 2003, ended its relationships with Birmingham Health Care in 2011. Central Alabama Comprehensive Health filed a lawsuit against Birmingham Health Care in order to obtain records of its management contracts with the organization.

In 2014 and 2015 several former officials of Birmingham Health Care, including Dunning, were arrested on federal fraud charges.

Clinic locations

• 1600 20th Street South
• 712 25th Street North
• 1333 19th Street North
• 7524 Georgia Road, Marks VIllage
• 3000 44th Avenue North
• 395 1st Street Southwest, Alabaster
• 1701 6th Avenue North, Bessemer

References

• Oliver, Mike (June 24, 2012) "Ties between Birmingham nonprofit and ex-CEO's companies raise questions." The Birmingham News
• Oliver, Mike (February 2, 2015) "Former nonprofit CEO arrested, charged in $14 million health care fraud case." The Birmingham News

External links

• Birmingham Health Care website