The Wright Center for Community Health was recognized for its commitment to health care accountability and quality by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

On Jan. 22, HRSA announced that The Wright Center had been awarded the 2024 Operational Site Visit Badge. This achievement reflects The Wright Center’s dedication to excellence, operational integrity, and continued service to its patients and the communities it serves.

The award comes after a virtual Operational Site Visit that determined The Wright Center demonstrated full compliance with all Health Center Program requirements. HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care oversees the Health Center Program, which functions as the foundation for ensuring effective operations and high-quality care delivery. Operational Site Visits to health care centers serve as an essential tool for objectively assessing compliance with the Health Center Program requirements while supporting continuous improvement.

In 2024, more than 32.4 million people used HRSA-funded health centers, such as The Wright Center, for whole-person primary health services. Each year, HRSA Health Center Program awardees and look-alikes are required to report a core set of information, including data on patient characteristics, services provided, clinical processes and related health outcomes, patients' use of services, staffing, costs, and revenues.

The Wright Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. Founded in 1976, The Wright Centers for Community Health, Graduate Medical Education, and Patient & Community Engagement are a physician-led, community-owned nonprofit and a cornerstone of health care in the region. The organization employs more than 665 professionals – including 177 resident and fellow physicians – and trains more than 200 interprofessional health care learners each year.

In fiscal year 2024-25, The Wright Center served about 38,300 unique patients across its growing network of community health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Wyoming counties, including its mobile medical and dental unit, Driving Better Health. As a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike and safety-net provider, The Wright Center serves all patients, regardless of insurance status, ZIP code, or ability to pay. No patient is turned away due to an inability to pay.

Learn more at TheWrightCenter.org or call 570-230-0019.