The RCHN Community Health Foundation is a sponsor of National Health IT Week, held this year on September 15-19, 2014. Now in its 9th year, National Health IT Week is a collaborative forum showcasing the essential role of health IT in transforming healthcare in America.

Daniel J. Driscoll, CEO of Harbor Health Services, Inc., a health center network based in Dorchester, MA,  has been named as the 2014 Geiger Gibson Distinguished Visitor by the Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University.

Investors.com reports on the funding cuts faced by CHCs under the Affordable Care Act and cites the findings of a recently published report from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN CHF Research Collaborative at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the GWU.

Modern Healthcare’s Steven Ross Johnson reports that millions of low-income patients could lose access to primary healthcare if a funding provision within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, set to expire next year, is not extended.  The article cites a new report from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at Milken Institute …

The National Association of Community Health Centers issued a press release describing looming funding challenges for community health centers after September 30, 2015 if key funding for community health centers is not renewed. The release cites a new Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) …

News-Medical.net highlights the findings of the new Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University report, “How Medicaid Expansions and Future Community Health Center Funding Will Shape Capacity to Meet the Nation’s Primary Care Needs: A 2014 Update”.

Newsweek’s Elija Wolfson discusses the potential impending funding cutoff for community health centers, and how a reduction in funding could severely affect health care access for some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens.  Wolfson describes the findings of the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute …

The June 19th POLITICO Pulse highlights the findings of the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University policy brief, “How Medicaid Expansions and Future Community Health Center Funding Will Shape Capacity to Meet the Nation’s Primary Care Needs: A 2014 …

Modern Healthcare’s Virgil Dickson discusses the decision in some states not to expand Medicaid and the consequences for community health centers and the patients they serve.

Tara Culp-Ressler of ThinkProgress.org highlights the findings of the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report, “Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: An Update.”

Citing the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report, “Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: An Update,” Kansas City Public Meda 89.3 RM radio reports that Missouri’s refusal to expand Medicaid will leave more than 56,000 patients who use community health centers without insurance.

NPR’s Phil Galewitz discusses Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report, “Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: An Update.”

Discussing the findings of the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report, “Assessing the Potential Impact of State Policies on Community Health Centers’ Outreach and Enrollment Activities,” USAToday’s Kelly Kennedy illuminates the impact of restrictive Navigator Laws in nine non-Medicaid expansion states.

Maggie Fox of NBC News discusses the findings in the new Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report, “Assessing the Potential Impact of State Policies on Community Health Centers’ Outreach and Enrollment Activities”

Matthew Mientka of Medical Daily discusses the new Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report detailing the impact of states’ restrictions on the Affordable Care Act on community health centers.