Luz got medical help with her pregnancy when she had no medical insurance. Brad received needed surgery on his foot thanks to help and support with an insurance appeal. Roxanne got new glasses when she had not had an eye exam in six years, because she couldn’t afford it.

That’s just a fraction of the ways Mosaic Community Health has helped patients in Central Oregon over the years. Mosaic, a private nonprofit, offers care for anyone, regardless of ability to pay. It offers primary care to help people before situations get serious and avoid expensive trips to the emergency room. And it hopes to be able to expand to be able to match community needs.

When Ochoco Community Clinic first opened in Prineville in 2002, it served 689 patients in its first year. Now known more broadly as Mosaic Community Health, the organization provides care to more than 30,000 people across Central Oregon — medical, dental, behavioral health, a pharmacy and more.

Most patients are adults, more than 60%. About 20% are children and seniors are 17%. In terms of insurance most are patients on the Oregon Health Plan, 50%, another 25% are on commercial insurance, 20% are on Medicare and the remaining 5% are uninsured.

Mosaic is in the early stages of planning a new project on Bend’s east side. It wants to basically double its capacity in Bend for many services to meet increasing demand. The plan is to develop a project “to meet the needs of the community not just for a couple of years but decades in the future,” Elaine Knobbs-Seasholtz, Mosaic’s chief strategy officer told us. It hopes to make it a one-stop shop for all of Mosaic’s services.

Mosaic serves some of the most vulnerable in the community and it must be able to grow as the community grows.