2019 marks 50 years of Daily Planet operating as a health safety net in the Richmond region.
In celebration of its past, present and future service, Daily Planet Health Services is launching our “$50 for 50” campaign. Your contributions will allow Daily Planet Health Services to serve those in great need for the next 50 years!
Medicaid is Expanding in Virginia!
As of January 1, 2019 more adults in Virginia have access to quality, low-cost and no-cost health insurance.
At Daily Planet Health Services we have application assistants who can help you complete and submit the Medicaid application.
Connecting the dots for those in need.
Daily Planet Health Services is a community health center providing team-based integrated healthcare.
Primary Care
Wellness Visits, diabetes testing/management, asthma/nebulizer treatments, lab testing, family planning, immunizations and vaccines, comprehensive care & chronic disease management.
Behavioral Health Care
Mental health and substance use counseling (group, individual, and family), psychiatric evaluations, medication management.
Latest DPHS News
City’s homeless population urged to seek higher ground
The pressure is on to help the Richmond area’s most vulnerable: The city’s homeless population. Crisis coordinators teamed up on Wednesday with the Richmond Police Department’s Hope Unit to urge those living on the streets to seek higher ground, and even offered some of them a ride to shelter.
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City’s homeless population urged to seek higher ground
RMHF Video: Aubrey Gholson by Field Studio
With “Richmond Health Equity: Video Portraits,” Hannah Ayers & Lance Warren (Field Studio) created video portraits of individuals and families in Richmond.
Virginia shows how Medicaid can help end the opioid crisis by German Lopez
Fawn Ricciuti started using opioids a decade ago, when she was enrolled in a New Jersey pain management program. What followed is the kind of story that’s been told thousands of times over the past few years as America’s opioid epidemic has grown: Her casual use of opioid painkillers over time turned into full-blown addiction.
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Virginia shows how Medicaid can help end the opioid crisis by German Lopez
Accessing Healthcare by Tharon Giddens
Medicaid expansion in Virginia and a new player in the ACA marketplace in metro Richmond should increase access to heath care coverage in 2019 While some questions surrounding Obamacare remain unresolved heading into 2019, more Virginians will be eligible for health care coverage courtesy of the state’s Medicaid expansion, and the ACA marketplace will have a new provider, Virginia Premier, available to metro Richmond residents.