The clinic also provides adult immunizations and seasonal flu shots, TB testing, specialty care coordination and follow-up, women's health exams and medical and psychiatric evaluations for the General Assistance program. In addition, Ritter Health Center also coordinates the medical care for Marin's six medical respite beds located at New Beginnings Center in Novato. Our staff works closely with local hospitals when a patient who has no safe place to recuperate is discharged from an inpatient hospitalization to ensure they are well cared for and to reduce the risk of a preventable and costly rehospitalization.

In 2011, Ritter Center became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) focusing on the special needs of the homeless as a subrecipient of Marin City Health and Wellness Center's grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant and FQHC status - which allows Ritter to receive higher reimbursement rates from Medicare and Medicaid - will improve the services available at Ritter Center and increase our sustainability well into the future.

Historically, more than 50% of our clinic's patients are uninsured. For many patients, the emergency department has been the only resource for urgent medical issues or complications in the management of a chronic illness such as diabetes, hypertension and COPD. Ritter Health Center helps patients successfully manage their chronic illnesses greatly reducing acute episodes that lead to costly emergency department visits and poorer health outcomes.