A new brief from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative finds that an extraordinary need for publicly subsidized health services amidst an unprecedented economic crisis is putting Puerto Rico’s community health centers in jeopardy. A higher proportion of Puerto Rico’s population – nearly 1 person in 10 – depends on community health centers …

A new brief from the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative examining newly-released data from the 2014 Uniform Data System (UDS) shows how the Affordable Care Act is changing insurance coverage and health care in the nation’s most medically underserved urban and rural communities.  Examining data collected from nearly 1,300 federally funded health centers …

A new study assesses the feasibility and usefulness of combining electronic health record (EHR) information with federal cost report data as the basis for developing or evaluating reimbursement rates for community health centers. The authors raise questions about how to quantify and reimburse the value of care associated with the community health center model.

REVISED March 10, 2015 – The Teaching Health Center (THC) program was started in 2011 to increase the number of primary care residents and dentists trained in community-based settings, and to fill gaps left by the current system of graduate medical education.

Children’s Health Insurance Program and Community Health Centers Closely Linked, Vulnerable to Cuts CHIP is central to health centers’ ability to ensure high quality,  appropriate care.

New report describes how payment reform could improve family planning services offered by the nation’s community health centers.