Howell County Health Department
| Chris Gilliam, Director | ||||||
| Primary Address: Phone: Fax: e-mail: Toll Free # Office Hrs: | 180 S. Kentucky St West Plains, MO 65775 417/256-7078 417/256-1179 gillic@lpha.mopublic.org 8:00 - 5:00 | Secondary Address: Phone: Fax: e-mail: Toll Free # Office Hrs: | Clinic office hours 7:30 - 12:00 & 1:00 - 5:00 (unless special circumstances exist) | |||
| Web Site: http://howellcountyhealthdept.com | ||||||
| Governing Body: Board | Advisory Board: No | Mill Tax Rate:$ 0.0950 | ||||
| Ordinances: Food Handlers Permit with City of West Plains, City of West Plains Food Establishment Ordinance, Official water samples ($20.00) | ||||||
| Primary Focus: To improve, promote and protect the health of Howell County through awareness, assessment and planning | ||||||
| Board Chair: Robert Shaw, MD 829 US Hwy 60-63 Willow Springs, MO 65793 | County Commissioner: Larry Spence 4 Courthouse West Plains, MO 65775 417-469-4387 | |||||
| Services Offered: (BCCCP) Show Me Healthy Women (Howell and Ozark) Blood Pressure Screenings Breast Feeding Peer Counselor Services Child Safety Seat Fitting Station Cholesterol screenings Communicable Disease Control Environmental Public Health Services Glucose Testing Health Education Immunization Lead Screening MC+ Enrollment Multi-County Womens Health Initiative includes Family Planning Prenatal Case Management STD screening & treatment (on-site) TEMP Vital Records WIC Worksite Screenings & Immunizations | ||||||
| Contracts with DHSS: Bioterrorism Child Care Facility Sanitaiton Inspections Child Care Health and Safety Consultation Chronic Disease Primary Prevention (Howell-Texas) Core Public Health Functions Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Onsite Sewage Systems Show Me Healthy Women Summer Food Programs Vital Records WIC | ||||||
| Multi-county Agreements Relating to Public Health: Environmental-Subcontracted to City of West Plains,CDPPP - Texas County Planner/Epi with other Counties in Region G through Texas County | ||||||
| Total Revenue (2008): $1,128,113.00 | Local Contribution (2008): $527,641.00 | |||||
| # of Licensed Child Care Facilities: 43 | Capacity: 900 | |||||
| # of Hospitals: 2 | Population as of 7/01/07: 38,639 | |||||
| # of RHCs: 6 | # of FQHCs: 1 | |||||
| Ratio of Physicians Per Population: 1:548 | Ratio of RNs Per Population: 1:99 | |||||
| MO HealthNet Managed Care (Fee for Service or Capitated Rate): Fee for Service | ||||||
Updated 10/31/2009