- Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: A Nationwide and State-by-State Analysis (November 2013) November 12, 2013 A new report from the GG/ RCHN CHF Research Collaborative, estimates that more than 5 million health center patients would have gained coverage had all states participated in a sweeping Medicaid expansion. (November 7, 2013)
- Health Centers and Family Planning (May 2013) May 2, 2013 A recent report by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and the RCHN Community Health Foundation provides the first in-depth examination of the role of health centers in providing access to family planning services. (May 2, 2013)
- Innovative CHC Approaches to Entry-Level Workforce Training (April 2013) April 16, 2013 Project update from RCHN Community Health Foundation’s 2012 grantees, on unique programs aimed at helping CHCs to identify and address the challenges of recruiting and retaining a highly skilled entry level workforce. Project objectives were to support CHCs in growth and transformation efforts, implement and evaluate strategies to embed workforce talent and capability, and optimize …
- Hospital Community Benefit Obligations: Implications for Health Centers and Communities (December 2012) December 11, 2012 Community Benefit is the obligation of nonprofit hospitals to invest in the communities they serve beyond the provision of direct medical services. The Affordable Care Act calls for strengthening and clarifying this obligation. Panelists Sara Rosenbaum and Maureen Byrnes introduce the concept of community benefit, review new requirements for Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation …
- Supreme Court Ruling on ACA’s Medicaid Expansion: How Will Non-Implementation Affect CHC Capacity? (August 2012) August 16, 2012 A webcast presentation on implications of the Supreme Court’s ACA ruling for community health centers and the patients and communities they serve, featuring the lead authors of a recent policy brief on the subject. (August 16, 2012)
- “Health Information Technology Adoption and MU Readiness: Survey Findings and CHC Experience.” (November 2011) November 3, 2011 Health information technology holds the promise of helping us to improve the quality and efficiency of care. This webinar will focus on our recent report “Results from the 2010-11 Readiness for Meaningful Use of HIT and Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition Survey.” (November 3, 2011)
- “The Health Care Access and Cost Consequences of Reducing Health Center Funding” (March 2011) March 21, 2011 Panelists Dr. Peter Shin and Katherine Hayes discuss the impact of potential funding reductions to community health centers and the patients and communities they serve, and also review findings from the recent report “Who Are the Health Center Patients Who Risk Losing Care Under the House of Representatives’ Proposed FY 2011 Spending Reductions?,” the federal …
- “The Affordable Care Act, Medical Homes and Childhood Asthma: A Key Opportunity for Progress” (December 2010) December 2, 2010 Co-authors of the report titled “The Affordable Care Act, Medical Homes and Childhood Asthma: A Key Opportunity for Progress,” supported by the RCHN Community Health Foundation and Merck Childhood Asthma Network (MCAN), present report findings and address how the medical home model facilitates comprehensive, patient-centered care by fostering partnerships among and between patients and their …
- Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing The Unmet Legal Needs Of Health Center Patients (October 2010) October 12, 2010 Community health centers’ comprehensive approach to health care and high proportion of low-income patients make them an excellent entry point for access to essential legal services, and health center MLPs can also benefit the viability of the centers. (October 12, 2010)
- “Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform” (August 2010) August 5, 2010 Leighton Ku, Ph.D., M.P.H – Professor and Director, Center for Health Policy Research in the Department of Health Policy GW School of Public Health and Health Services. (August 5, 2010)
- “Health Care Reform and Primary Care – The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center” (July 2010) July 6, 2010 Inaugural session of the RCHN CHF webcast series, featuring Dr. H. Jack Geiger, founding father of the community health movement, and Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. (July 6, 2010)
CHC Webcast Series Archive 2010-2013.
