Over Five Decades of Community Care
When VCC first opened in 1972, we set out to provide quality health care to anyone who walked through our doors.
Today, over 50 years later, we’ve helped redefine the community clinic model by pioneering innovative models of primary care delivery.
With twelve state-of-the-art clinics treating more than 70,000 patients every year, VCC is a key health provider for the Southern California region.
More than that, however, we’re a place where all members of our community can feel welcome, safe, and empowered to choose health.
Our Vision
A community where every person chooses health.
Valuable Connected Care: Meeting the health and wellness needs of our community.
Redefining the Community Clinic
At VCC, we’re helping to redefine what it means to be a community clinic.
Community health centers (CHCs) empower communities that have been disproportionally impacted by social determinants of health. We provide healthcare in communities where there are few or no options for care or where systemic barriers to care have been created.
But beyond providing care to anyone who walks through our doors, we are pioneering some of the most innovative models of primary care delivery. As an integral part of the communities we serve, we’re able to respond quickly and efficiently to immediate and emerging public health issues like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public Health Service (PHS) Status
Vista Community Clinic receives Health and Human Services funding and has federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals. This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).
Open Payment Database
For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. (https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov). The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.
History
We’re proud of our over 40-year history as a leader in the community clinic movement. From a volunteer-driven clinic serving those most in need in Vista, we’ve grown to become a federally recognized and award winning, health care institution.
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1972
Vista Community Clinic (VCC) was founded by volunteers in the basement of a Vista animal shelter.
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1974
Received our first government funding and moved to an old church building.
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1986
Moved from the second floor of the church building to our first professional medical clinic.
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1990
Established the Health Promotion Center which houses VCC’s Community Health programs.
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1997
Built the 29,000-square-foot facility at VCC: Vale Terrace.
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2002
Became a Federally Qualified Health Center and won the Kaiser Permanente “K Star Award” for innovative programming.
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2003
Opened the Dental Clinic at VCC: Vale Terrace as well as a new clinic site, VCC: North River.
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2009
Opened a new clinic site VCC: Grapevine, replacing the Thunder Drive location.
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2010
Remodeled and re-opened VCC: Horne.
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2012
Opened the 31,000-square-foot Joan and Ron Moss Women’s Center at VCC: Vale Terrace.
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2015
Opened VCC: Lake Elsinore in Riverside County to serve the residents of the city of Lake Elsinore and surrounding communities.
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2016
Opened VCC: The Gary Center, the result of a merger with The Gary Center in the city of La Habra in Orange County.
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2017
Opened VCC: Durian Pediatrics in Vista to serve as a Pediatrics only facility.
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2020
Opened VCC: Mission Pediatric & Family Dentistry in Oceanside to serve as a Dental only facility.
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2022
VCC turns 50!
Opened VCC: Durian Senior Care in Vista to serve as a Senior Focused facility.
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2023
Opened VCC: Fallbrook Pediatrics in Fallbrook to serve as a Pediatrics only facility.
Opened VCC: Lake Elsinore Health Center to expand access to quality health services in Riverside County.
Renamed VCC: Lake Elsinore to VCC: Lake Elsinore Dental and Specialty Care
VCC earns Gold Health Center Quality Leader badge from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
VCC earns 6 Blue Shield Promise Leading the Way Awards for Quality Health Care, in the following areas: cervical cancer screening, well-child visits, adolescent immunizations, controlling high blood pressure, postpartum care, and overall care.
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2024
VCC’s Diabetes Self-Management Education & Support (DSMES) Clinic Earns Recognition from the American Diabetes Association
VCC earns Gold Health Center Quality Leader badge from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Blue Shield Promise Leading the Way Award for Quality Healthcare
