MS SR92

Commends Family Health Center in Laurel, Mississippi and CEO Dr. Rashad N. Ali for receiving the 2023 "Community Health Quality Recognition" Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Family Health Center earned eight of nine available HRSA quality recognition badges in 2023, the most of any community health center in Mississippi

Recognizes two particularly notable achievements: Health Center Quality Leader Gold Badge (top 10% of Federally Qualified Health Centers nationally) and National Quality Leader Cancer Screening badge (only 17 FQHCs nationally received this inaugural award)

Details Dr. Ali's credentials including over 30 years as an OB/GYN physician, a law degree from Concord Law School (2005), and leadership that expanded Family Health Center from 2 to 8 locations since August 2006

Notes Family Health Center serves over 17,000 uninsured and underinsured patients across five Southeast Mississippi counties and offers adult medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, dental care, and pharmacy services