A new analysis by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative shows that Medicaid documentation requirements enacted by Congress in 2006 continue to present significant problems for health centers and their patients.

Medicaid documentation requirements enacted by Congress in 2006 continue to present serious, ongoing problems for health centers and their patients, according to a new analysis by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

Citizenship documentation requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries have negatively affected patients at most community health centers, and the policies have been improperly applied to some enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program, according to a report released Oct. 21 by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative.

The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative released “Uninsured and Medicaid Patients’ Access to Preventive Care: Comparison of Health Centers and Other Primary Care Providers,” a policy brief that examines the role of CHCs in providing preventive services to both Medicaid recipients and the uninsured by comparing CHC’s performance to other primary care practices.

Community health centers (CHCs) provide significantly more preventive care to Medicaid beneficiaries and the uninsured than do other primary care facilities, which researchers said has saved the publicly funded health centers billions of dollars yearly, according to a new study by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative.

The office of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., issued a news release on the HHS withdrawal of the proposed HPSA MUA rule, citing the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative report.

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“The Collaborative’s new research series seeks to help policy-makers understand the significant forces that influence community health centers and their patients, as well as the ways in which health centers affect the communities they serve,” said Feygele Jacobs, chief operating officer of the RCHN Community Health Foundation.

Dr. David Hartzband's latest article from the current issue of Community Health Forum, Issue 9, Number 1 2008

Feygele Jacobs, Chief Operating Officer, RCHN Community Health Foundation, New York, NY, explained that the Foundation as a not-for-profit supports community health centers nationally and is the only foundation in the country devoted exclusively to CHCs.

Read the Winter 2007 Community Health Forum article about the Geiger-Gibson Program and their efforts to advance the work and knowledge of community health centers.