In this article about addressing health care disparities, New America Media reporter Khalil Abdullah cites Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative’s policy brief, “Using Primary Care to Bend the Curve: Estimating the Impact of a Health Center Expansion on Health Care Costs.”

RCHN Community Health Foundation (New York) announced the release of Estimating the Economic Gains for States as a Result of Medicaid Coverage Expansions for Adults.

In this article in Healthcare Finance News, RCHN CHF executive vice president and chief operating officer Feygele Jacobs comments on HHS’ decision to use $33 million in stimulus funds to support health care workforce development.

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative (Washington, DC) has released Using Primary Care to Bend the Curve: Estimating the Impact of Health Center Expansion on Health Care Costs.

This article originally appeared in Inside CMS, September 3, 2009. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2009.

An article in Healthcare Finance News reports on the third in a series of Collaborative studies examining the link between national health reform proposals and community health centers.

A new study estimates that more than 45,000 physicians would be eligible for Medicaid information technology incentives of up to $42,500 to $63,750 – depending on their Medicaid case mix – under the federal stimulus package.

An article in Modern Healthcare reports on the third in a series of Collaborative studies examining the link between national health reform proposals and community health centers.

The George Washington University Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, in partnership with the Michigan Primary Care Association, released a report on a pilot effort in Michigan to advance health care quality improvement through data sharing and exchange.

Investment in community-based health centers could save states millions of dollars a year, according to a new study “Community Health Centers in Indiana: State Investments and Returns” conducted by faculty and staff at The George Washington University (GW) School of Public Health and Health Services.

Indiana’s experience with community health centers could point the way toward helping more Americans get health-care coverage while holding down costs, according to a report released Wednesday.

Indiana’s experience with community health centers could point the way toward helping more Americans get health care coverage while holding down costs, according to a report released this week.

A new research brief from The George Washington University Department of Health Policy, supported by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, examines the effects of the draft House Tri-Committee (Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor and Ways and Means Committees) health reform bill on the capacity of community health centers to provide primary …

The George Washington University (GWU) July 23 released a report on the effects of the House reform bill on health centers, saying it could more than double their capacity.

An article in Healthcare Finance News reports on the Collaborative’s study of healthcare IT adoption incentives in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) for physicians participating in the Medicaid program.

Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services estimate that at least 45,000 physicians will be eligible for Medicaid health IT incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of up to $42,500 to $63,750 over six years, depending on the total percentage of Medicaid patients in their overall …

A new research brief from The George Washington University Department of Health Policy, supported by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, examines the potential effects of national health reform on the nation’s 96.2 million residents of urban and rural medically underserved communities.

About 45,000 office-based physicians, including nearly all physicians who practice at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and half of office-based pediatricians, may be eligible for up to $63,750 over six years to improve and maintain their health information technology (HIT) systems because of their participation in Medicaid, according to a new analysis by researchers at …

An article in Modern Healthcare reports on the Collaborative’s study that estimates that approximately 45,000 physicians qualify for Medicaid incentive payments for HIT adoption under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

RCHN Community Health Foundation (New York, NY) announced the release of a new report that examines the status of Puerto Rico’s health care safety net.

Community health centers in Massachusetts saw a significant increase in their patient load from 2005 to 2007 as the state began implementing its health reform law.

The United Health Foundation has committed $100,000 to the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington University (GWU) School of Public Health and Health Services.