The Place to Practice Medicine

In a region that’s chronically short of primary care physicians and specialists, we’re striving to support and encourage more doctors to choose the Valley as the place to practice medicine. Our five-county service area has about 47 primary care physicians per 100,000 residents, far below the recommended 60-80 physicians per 100,000 residents. 

Community Provider Network, part of Community Health System, is committed to supporting physicians in delivering exceptional patient care. Through a wide range of healthcare services and optimized resources, we empower our provider partners and enhance patient care across the Valley. 

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Community Health Partners

Our medical foundation, Community Health Partners, includes over 475 providers in 55 practice locations, serving Valley families at every stage of life. Our mission is to provide high-quality care and state-of-the-art resources for our physician partners and, most importantly, for the patients we serve.

475+

Providers

323,540+

Total patient visits

55

Clinics

Growing Access to Primary Care


  • Launched 4 urgent care clinics
  • Launched Chronic Care Management Program
  • Launched Dementia Clinic

Growing Access to Specialty Care


  • 85+ neuroscience providers in 5 clinics in Fresno, Clovis and Visalia
  • Established transitional clinic in partnership with United Health Centers to offer follow-up care to patients discharged from hospital

In fiscal year 2024 Community invested

$37M in medical education

While the federal government pays a portion of graduate medical education (GME) costs through Medicare and Medicaid payments, it only pays for a limited number of residency positions, falling 80% short of the current UCSF Fresno training costs. Community’s 50-year partnership with UCSF Fresno has created a pipeline for training physicians to help ensure high-quality, affordable care is available to our underserved populations.

309

Residents & fellows trained at Community in fiscal year 2024

50%

of physicians who trained at UCSF Fresno choose to practice in the Valley

245

Community physicians trained at UCSF Fresno

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About 220 medical students

with the California Health Sciences University (CHSU), a private institution offering doctoral degrees through its College of Osteopathic Medicine, rotate through Community Health Partners’ practices as a significant part of their training in family medicine.

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