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FAMILY HEALTH is published as a community service
for the friends and patrons of KERN FAMILY HEALTH CARE,
9700 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311, telephone
800-391-2000.
Information in FAMILY HEALTH comes from a wide range
of medical experts. If you have any concerns or questions
about specific content that may affect your health, please
contact your health care provider. Models may be used in
photos and illustrations.
Editorial Board
CEO
Douglas A. Hayward
Associate Medical Director
G. Remington Brooks, M.D.
Director, Marketing and Member Services
Louis Iturriria
Director, Quality Improvement/Health
Education/Disease Management
Linda Howells, R.N.
Health Education Supervisor
Isabel Silva, M.P.H., CHES
Copyright © 2012 Coffey Communications, Inc.
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Boys & Girls Club
Day for Kids
Saturday, Sept. 15
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Boys & Girls Club
801 Niles St.
6th Annual Health
and Safety Fair
Saturday, Sept. 22
9 a.m. to noon
Camellia Community Center
1760 Cheatham Ave.
Lace’n It Up for
Links for Life
Monday, Oct. 1
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Downtown kicko :
Liberty Bell
1300 17th St.
West Side kicko :
e Park at River Walk
Stockdale Highway and
Buena Vista Road
East Side kicko :
Kern County Public Health
Services
1800 Mount Vernon Ave.
Good Neighbor Festival
Saturday, Oct. 13
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Park
1000 S. Owens St.
Member rights
If you have a service or quality-of-care complaint against Kern Family Health Care
(KFHC) or a provider, call us first at
661-632-1590
(Bakersfield) or
800-391-2000
(outside Bakersfield) or visit our website,
www.kernfamilyhealthcare.com
.
Call the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) for help if:
Your grievance is an emergency.
You are not happy with KFHC’s decision.
Your grievance has not been resolved in 30 days.
The DMHC’s toll-free number is
888-HMO-2219
(
888-466-2219
). Its TDD line
(for people with hearing and speech impairments) is
877-688-9891
. You may also
call the DHCS Office of the Ombudsman toll-free at
888-452-8609
.
Kern Family Health Care Calendar of Events
ALL EVENTS ARE IN BAKERSFIELD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
Binational Health Week
Closing Ceremony
Sunday, Oct. 14
7 a.m. to noon
Hosking Swap Meet
1000 E. Hosking Road
American Heart
Association Heart
Walk
Saturday, Oct. 20
7:30 to 11:30 a.m.
California State
University
Bakers eld
9001 Stockdale Highway
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