Primary Health Solutions, formally Butler County Community Health Consortium (BCCHC), was formed in November 1999. It emerged from the work of the Health Care Leadership Group, a coalition of Butler County leaders convened to address the current and future health care needs of the poor and underserved populations of Butler County. BCCHC opened on November 20, 2001 at 412 Main Street on the west side of Hamilton.

The Middletown Community Health Center was formed in the late 1970s as a joint project between the City of Middletown and Middletown Regional Hospital. In 1997 the then-called Middletown Health and Social Services Center was incorporated as a separate non-profit agency and the financial support from the city and the hospital began decreasing. In 2004 the Middletown Health Center merged into BCCHC forming one agency with locations in Middletown and Hamilton.

In January of 2007, The Hamilton Health Center moved to 210 South Second Street in Hamilton, OH and was renamed the Ernst J. Bever Community Health Center. The move resulted in an expansion from 3 exam rooms and one doctor to 12 exam rooms and 4 providers.

BCCHC obtained full Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) status in September of 2007. With this achievement came additional funding which allowed us to open a dental center on-site at our Middletown Community Health Center location in August 2007. In 2010, we changed our name to Primary Health Solutions to better reflect who we are and what we do--provide primary healthcare solutions to the residents of Butler county and beyond.

  • Over 30,000 individuals or approximately 13.1% of Butler County are uninsured. An additional 46,767 are on Medicaid. Aside from our health centers, there are no other family practice providers in Hamilton (and only 2 in Middletown) that accept new Medicaid patients.*
  • In 2009 Primary Health Solutions had over 21,746 office visits. In 2011 we expect to see that number increase to approximately 34,703.  With the new Center in Middletown (completion fall/winter of 2011) we anticipate the number of visits to increase significantly.
  • In 2009 over 72% of our patients had income at or below the Federal Poverty Level ($20,560/year for a family of 4).
  • We are the only primary care provider in Butler County that offers services on a sliding fee scale to everyone.
  • We are the main bilingual primary care provider in the county.

*Based on a 2006 survey of Medicaid providers in Butler County.