Clinical Operations
Community based pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatric care.
Graduate Medical Education
The second largest primary care teaching health center in the nation.
Medicaid & Insurance Enrollment
Providing access to the care you need to get well and stay well.
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Leadership development and sustainable humanitarian service.
Our Vision
We envision all people living healthy lives within healthy communities.
Our Mission
To coordinate efforts to improve population health of residents of the City of Detroit, Wayne County, and the region by assuring access to care.
Need to Make a Medical Appointment?
Visit the Popoff Family Health Center. Call 313-824-1000 or schedule an appointment on our Patient Portal.
Community Resources
Resources are available to assist Detroit & Wayne County residents during the COVID-19 health crisis.
Do You Need Health Insurance?
Through the Michigan Medicaid program, health care coverage is available to individuals who meet certain criteria.
News & Views
July 16, 2024
“Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America”
Authority Health’s Statement in Response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory “Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America” The direct and indirect health impact of gun violence in...June 27, 2024
Detroit’s Food Cooperatives Offer One of the Solutions to Food Deserts and Food Insecurity
By Dennis Archambault The growing season is well underway, and with it growth in access points for fresh food in Detroit. The opening of two community-based food cooperative grocery...June 27, 2024
Why Reduce Access to Primary Care to ‘Supply and Demand’?
By Dennis Archambault Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s regulation that beneficiaries should not wait more than...May 30, 2024
Food Box Program Addresses Food Insecurity and Supports Local Agriculture
By Dennis Archambault Crises often lead to innovations that become part of the social infrastructure after the crisis passes. For example, the USDA created a Farmers to...May 30, 2024
Inflation Reduction Act Provides 10 Million Medicare Recipients Free Vaccines
By Dennis Archambault Legislation, particularly so-called “omnibus” laws, are convoluted and difficult for average people to understand. Most of the publicity surrounding the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was...May 30, 2024
Early Summer Conditions Increase Pollen in the Air and Allergic Reactions
By Dennis Archambault You may have noticed that in the natural world everything is occurring a little earlier this year: it’s a little warmer, the trees are flowering, the...May 30, 2024
A True ‘Celebration of Service’ – Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
The Authority Health celebrated the humanitarian service of Claire Hawthorne, a Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine student, and Asiimwe Najjuma, MPH, a recent graduate of the Wayne...April 29, 2024
New Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Cohort Begins
Authority Health welcomed the 2024-25 cohort of Albert Schweitzer Fellows, who began their year-long Fellowship this month. Amanda Dawnrich, a Detroit Schweitzer Fellow for Life from the 2022-23 cohort,...April 28, 2024
Asthma Is A Big Reason School-Based Health Centers Exist
What a difference a day makes. Rondalyn Everson is the primary care giver for her granddaughter, Khloe Edwards, age 9, who suffers from chronic asthma. Everson, a paraprofessional working...April 01, 2024