Modern Healthcare’s Andis Robeznieks discusses the federal Teaching Health Center Program based on the recent report from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University and quotes lead author Dr. Leighton Ku, professor of health policy at George Washington University and director of the Center of Health Policy Research.  Robeznieks reports that the program is providing care for some 500,000 patients and has successfully increased the number of primary-care physicians in underserved areas and is “in danger of folding.”

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