About

At Kaniksu Health Services we are committed to:

Being the health care provider of choice for people of all ages
Providing high-quality care in a patient focused manner
Equipping our patients with the knowledge, ability, and motivation to make healthy choices and live healthy lives
Eliminating barriers caused by financial circumstances or social situations that may prevent people from having access to health care
Continually improving the quality of care and services we provide

Kaniksu Health Services is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center whose mission is to provide high quality comprehensive and affordable medical, pediatric, dental, behavioral health and veteran care. Our clinical and administrative teams work together to make Kaniksu Health Services the medical home for over 25,000 residents of Bonner and Boundary counties, with clinic locations in:

Bonners Ferry
Ponderay
Priest River
Sandpoint Pediatrics
Sandpoint VA Clinic

Our goal is to help you and the people you love most stay healthy or return to good health. Since our first family health center opened in 2002, Kaniksu Health Services has provided our patients with timely, affordable and quality care; because to us, they are not just people in a waiting room. They are part of our family.

Our services are open to everyone, including those facing barriers elsewhere, such as the uninsured, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, those living in rural areas, and the homeless. We accept most insurances including Medicaid and Medicare. A Sliding Discount Program is available for those meeting income guidelines.

Mission:
Kaniksu Health Services provides its communities with affordable and accessible healthcare

We value

Trust

Assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.

Compassion

Sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

Hope

To cherish a desire with anticipation.

Stability

The strength to stand or endure.

What is a Community Health Center / Federally Qualified Health Center?

A community health center is a non-profit provider of high quality, cost-effective, preventative and primary health care to all populations, regardless of their insurance status. Since 1965, community health centers have provided access to health care for millions of people in underserved urban and rural communities in all 50 states. Health centers are designed on a comprehensive service delivery model to assist those most impacted by health access barriers, including low income, uninsured, those with limited English-speaking proficiency, migrant and season farmworkers, those experiencing homelessness, as well as those who live in public housing.
Community health centers are community-based and governed by a local board that is represented by a minimum of 51% patient consumers, ensuring that health center services are fit to their unique needs. Community health centers focus on wellness, disease prevention, and early intervention, thus reducing the overload in hospital emergency rooms, and saving the nation billions of dollars annually in health care expenses. to ensure income is not a barrier to care, patients may receive a discount on their healthcare services, according to their income.
Today, over 1,200 health centers provide cost-efficient care to over 20 million individuals nationwide.

What is a Patient Centered Medical Home?

A Kaniksu patient centered medical home (PCMH) is not a building or a place, but a team of Kaniksu health professionals who work together to provide a central point for coordinating care to help you become as healthy as possible.
Led by your primary care provider, your Kaniksu PCMH team will:

Care for you as a whole
Provide you with better, more personalized care
Guide you through the complex healthcare system and track ALL your healthcare reports and medications
Offer you better access to care through longer hours and more services
Partner with you to help you live healthier everyday