Vista del Valle Centro de Salud | Reseta Para Una Communiad Sana

News Archives

February 22, 2010 Valley View Health Center opened a new family practice medical and dental health center today in Raymond, Washington. Valley View Health Center operates seven health centers, providing health care to low-income and uninsured individuals and families. All Centers take most insurance plans, DSHS medical coupons, and provide a sliding fee scale based on family income. Spanish speaking services are available at all locations. The Raymond Valley View Health Center is in the offices previously occupied by Riverview Medical and now offers both dental and medical services. The Raymond clinic is located at 300 Ocean Avenue and can be reached at (360) 942-3040.

Raymond Medical Providers meet with Pharmaceutical Representative
January 14, 2010 The ribbon-cutting ceremony during Open House at the Valley View Walk-In on Thursday was a ceremony of many firsts: the first official event for new Centralia-Chehalis Chamber Executive Director Jim Valley, new Centralia Mayor Harlan Thompson and re-elected Mayor of Chehalis, Tony Ketchum.

The event was attended by 25 chamber and community members as well as Chris Thomas, Public Relations Coordinator of Centralia Providence Hospital and several Valley View employees. The space for the Walk-In was donated by Centralia Providence Hospital last year.

The Walk-In is the sixth Valley View Health Center established in Lewis County since 2004. It is located in Centralia at 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F.
December 15, 2009 Santa comes to Valley View Health Center for his H1N1 vaccination! The seventh Valley View Health Center H1N1 clinic provided flu virus vaccinations to 143 people, many of them children receiving their second vaccination. According to The Chronicle, this clinic was the first free H1N1 clinic to be offered in the county since the age and health restrictions were lifted earlier this week. The clinic began a half-hour earlier because of response to the availability of the vaccine. Most people came in groups of three or more.

While the vaccine supply lasts, Valley View Health Center locations in Chehalis, Onalaska, Toledo and Winlock will offer walk-in vaccinations. We will also be offering H1N1 vaccinations at the new Walk-In clinic soon. The Walk-In at 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F, is open seven days a week from Noon to 10:00 pm.
December 14, 2009 Valley View to Offer Free H1N1 Vaccination...The Valley View Health Center in Chehalis will be administering the H1N1 vaccination from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday to anyone over the age of 6 months who has not yet received their vaccination, including all adults. This vaccination opportunity is the first without the restrictions that have previously prioritized the vaccine for vulnerable groups.
December 11, 2009 Valley View Health Center's seventh H1N1 vaccination clinic will focus on children who received their first vaccination from Valley View Health Center and need the second vaccination. This clinic will also provide vaccinations for anyone over the age of 6 months who has not yet received their vaccination, including all adults. Intranasal spray vaccine is also available.

The clinic will be on Tuesday, December 15 from 9:00 am to 12:00 at the Chehalis location, 2690 NE Kresky Avenue in Chehalis across from the fairgrounds. The H1N1 vaccine is also available at the Valley View centers in Onalaska, Toledo and Winlock. It is not yet available at our new Walk-In in Centralia, but we anticipate it will be available there soon. As soon as we receive more vaccine additional clinic times will be announced. Valley View perceives this as one of the responsibilities of our status as a Community Health Center and will be doing this service free of charge. No appointment is necessary.
December 3, 2009 New Walk-In Clinic Opens to Immediate Need. Freshly painted with new exam beds, Valley View's latest addition to its health care centers, a walk-in clinic in Centralia, opened this week with a focus on patients who use emergency rooms as their primary care facility. Read entire article from the Chronicle Online . . .
November 30, 2009 Chehalis: The Valley View Health Center Walk-In Medical Center will open Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the East Entrance of the Providence Medical Plaza, 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F, located next to Providence Centralia Hospital. The telephone number at the Walk-In is 360-736-3042.

The Walk-In Center hours will be noon to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week and closed on major holidays.

Opening a Walk-In center is one of the solutions identified by a community coalition formed at Providence Centralia Hospital to offer the appropriate level of care and access to a primary care home for those patients who have been accessing the Emergency Department for chronic care needs.

Valley View Health Center first opened their doors in Chehalis in 2004. Valley View Health Center's focus is to provide access to family health care services, especially to those who are under insured and uninsured. Payments are available on a sliding fee scale depending on income. Bilingual services are also available at all locations.

As of December 1, Valley View Health Center will have six health centers throughout Lewis County.

Valley View Health Center is planning to open a medical and dental clinic in Raymond in Pacific County early next year.
November 18, 2009. Valley View Health Center sponsored a third free H1N1 vaccination clinic at the Chehalis location on November 13. The lobby was full of young families waiting for vaccinations before the noon start time.

As of Friday, November 13, Valley View has given 170 free H1N1 vaccinations during clinics.
The next clinic is scheduled at the new Onalaska clinic - 1810 Hwy. 508 on Friday, November 20 from 1:00 - 4:00pm. We plan to continue free vaccination clinics on a weekly basis or as vaccine is available.

November 10, 2009 Chehalis - Valley View Health Center's new Onalaska Clinic will begin receiving patients Monday, November 16. The new 1600 sq. ft. clinic is next door to the smaller clinic which has served Valley View's Onalaska area patients since March 2006.

Valley View Health Centers are Federally Qualified Health Centers and first opened its doors in Lewis County in the old Providence Hospital in Chehalis in 2004. A September 22, 2009 article in The Chronicle details the history of Valley View's beginnings. "As always, our primary focus is on the low income and uninsured" Steve Clark, Executive Director said.

The new clinic was built by Paul Sneed Construction and other local contractors and is funded by a Federal Stimulus Grant, Lending Network Loan, and other contributions made directly to Valley View health Center. Thank you to all for making this possible.

Valley View Health Centers continues to expand! A Walk-in clinic is opening in the Centralia Providence Hospital complex adjacent to the Emergency Room. The Walk-in clinic is scheduled to open on December 1 and is located at 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F in Centralia.

Valley View Health Centers provides medical, dental, and behavioral health services to Lewis County residents, primarily to the uninsured and under-insured, with payments based on a sliding fee scale.