Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251K00000X
HealthProviders DB is a comprehensive database of healthcare providers, including a complete directory of all Public Health or Welfare Agencies.
As of today, the following are the total number of Public Health or Welfare Agencies nationally, in your state, and near your location.
Medicare
The following are the total number of Public Health or Welfare Agencies who accept Medicare in your state, the number who have opted out of Medicare, and the total number excluded from participation in Medicare nationwide.
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Select the State name above or from the HealthProviders DB App filter panel to show the list of Public Health or Welfare Agencies by State. In addition, you can also narrow the list by City and more from the filter panel.
You can download the Public Health or Welfare Agencies dataset using HealthProviders DB Export.
What do Public Health or Welfare Agencies do?
Public health and welfare agencies work to promote the well-being of entire communities by monitoring health status, preventing and controlling diseases, ensuring environmental safety, developing policies and programs to improve health outcomes, and ensuring that people have access to necessary health and social services.
These agencies also educate the public, promote healthy behaviors, and respond to health emergencies, such as disease outbreaks or environmental hazards.
Public health agencies perform several essential functions to improve population health:
Health Monitoring and Assessment: They assess and monitor the health of the population, identifying health problems, hazards, and trends within the community.
Disease Prevention and Control: This includes tracking disease outbreaks, implementing vaccination campaigns, and investigating and controlling the spread of communicable diseases.
Health Promotion: They promote healthy lifestyles and behaviors through education and by developing programs that support healthy choices.
Environmental Protection: Agencies work to protect the community from environmental health hazards, such as ensuring safe air and water quality.
Policy and Planning: They develop and implement policies, plans, and laws that support community health efforts and ensure safety.
Emergency Preparedness and Response: Agencies are responsible for preparing for and responding to public health emergencies, like natural disasters or pandemics.
Ensuring Access to Services: They help link people to the necessary health services and ensure that healthcare is available to those who lack access.
How They Achieve These Goals
Workforce Development: They work to ensure a competent and diverse public health workforce.
Community Engagement: Public health agencies mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
Education: They inform, educate, and empower people about health issues and encourage them to make informed, healthy choices.
Regulation and Enforcement: They enforce laws and regulations designed to protect public health and safety.
Research and Evaluation: Agencies research to find new solutions to health problems and evaluate the effectiveness of their programs.
Specialty Agencies
Case Management Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251B00000X
An organization that is responsible for providing case management services.
Community-Based Hospice Care Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251G00000X
Community-based hospice care agencies provide medical care, social support, and other services to terminally ill patients and their families in the comfort of their own homes or a familiar setting, typically under the guidance of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals and volunteers.
Community/Behavioral Health Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251S00000X
A private or public agency usually under local government jurisdiction, responsible for assuring the delivery of community-based mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse, and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities.
Developmentally Disabled Services Day Training Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251C00000X
These agencies are authorized to provide day habilitation services to individuals with developmental disabilities who live in their own homes.
Early Intervention Provider Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 252Y00000X
Early intervention services are an effective way to address the needs of infants and toddlers who have developmental delays or disabilities.
Foster Care Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 253J00000X
A Foster Care Agency is an agency that provides foster care as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as “24-hour substitute care for children outside their own homes.”
Foster care settings include, but are not limited to, nonrelative foster family homes, relative foster homes (whether payments are being made or not), group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, and pre-adoptive homes.
Home Health Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251E00000X
A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services.
Home Infusion Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251F00000X
Home infusion agencies provide specialized medications and therapies to patients in their homes, including a trained nurse for administration, the necessary equipment, and ongoing education for the patient and caregivers.
They offer convenience and an improved quality of life by enabling patients to receive treatments such as antibiotics, chemotherapy, or nutritional support from the comfort of their own homes, often for conditions that require intravenous or subcutaneous delivery.
In-Home Supportive Care Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 253Z00000X
An In-Home Supportive Care Agency provides services in the patient’s home to help them remain at home.
Local Education Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251300000X
The term local education agency means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State to either provide administrative control or direction of, or perform a service function for public schools serving individuals ages 0 – 21 in a state, city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision including a combination of school districts or counties recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public schools.
Nursing Care Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251J00000X
A Nursing Care Agency is an entity that provides skilled nursing care through the services of a Registered Nurse (RN) or a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), by employees, contracted individuals, or via a registry, in a variety of settings.
PACE Provider Organizations
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251T00000X
A PACE provider organization is a not-for-profit private or public entity that is primarily engaged in providing PACE services(unique capitated managed care benefits for the frail elderly, which include comprehensive medical and social services).
Supports Brokerage Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251X00000X
A provider of services or functions that assists participating individuals in making informed decisions about what will work best for them, consistent with their needs and reflecting their individual circumstances, is essential.
Voluntary or Charitable Agencies
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 251V00000X
Voluntary or charitable agencies are non-profit organizations dedicated to social impact and the public good, rather than profit, serving various causes such as poverty relief, health, education, and disaster relief.
Examples include well-known groups such as the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and Habitat for Humanity, which rely on donations and volunteers to fund their operations and fulfill their missions.