The Campaign For America's Health Centers
- May 22 Tele-Forum with Dr. Geiger, April 26, 2012
As a follow up to his remarks at the 2012 Policy & Issues Forum in March, Dr. Jack Geiger will be the guest for a NACHC Tele-Forum open to all health center advocates on Tuesday, May 22, at 2pm ET. … Continue reading → - Reflections on the P&I, April 23, 2012
Photo by Lynn Williams By Lynn Williams, NACHC Regional Field Representative The first time I attended NACHC’s Policy & Issues Forum (P&I), I went to every advocacy educational session there. I needed education in community health center operations, priorities and … Continue reading →
Health Center Emergency Management
- FEMA Think Tank – pre-planning for disasters, May 15, 2012
By: Mollie Melbourne The FEMA Think Tank conference call is TODAY at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Join Deputy Administrator Serino as hosts the discussion on recovery and how we can better pre-plan for disasters to allow for a more rapid, cost … Continue reading → - FEMA Wants to Hear from You!, March 7, 2012
By: Mollie Melbourne FEMA is drafting frameworks that guide how we as a country prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and they want your input. They have announced the following webinars: Along with our partners, we want to … Continue reading →
The Policy Shop
- Health Center Meets with White House Rural Council at Stakeholder Meeting, May 9, 2012
By: Susan Sumrell, Asst Director of Regulatory Affairs Last week Roderick Campbell, Vice-Chair of NACHC’s Rural Health Committee and CEO of the Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center in New Iberia, Louisiana, participated in a stakeholder meeting with the White House … Continue reading → - NACHC Issue Brief on Medicaid Eligibility and Exchange Final Rules, April 23, 2012
NACHC has prepared an Issue Brief on the new Medicaid eligibility expansion regulations and the Exchange/Qualified Health Plan regulations that HHS finalized last month. We have focus mainly on those rules that directly relate to FQHC services, contracting with FQHCs, and payment to … Continue reading →
Health Center News and Happenings
- Affordable Care Acts Expand Care to More People in Need, May 3, 2012
By Micah Clemens The Department of Health and Human Services this week announced $723 million in Capital Development Grants for health centers to support 398 renovation and construction projects. These grants will assist Community Health Centers in their efforts to … Continue reading → - The Hawai‘i Primary Care Association answers the question What is a Community Health Center?, April 30, 2012
By Micah Clemens We want to highlight a great new video that the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association (HPCA) released recently. It lays out in plain language – and in just a few minutes – exactly what Community Health Centers are. … Continue reading →
Health Centers on the Hill
- House to Consider Budget Reconciliation Proposal Undoing Sequester, May 8, 2012
This week, the full House of Representatives will consider a budget reconciliation proposal as called for under the FY2013 Budget Resolution passed last month. We’ve been following the reconciliation process closely on the blog and this week it comes to … Continue reading → - House Committees Approve Reconciliation Recommendations: Energy & Commerce Proposal Targets Health Spending, May 1, 2012
As we blogged last week, per the reconciliation instructions in the recently passed FY2013 House budget resolution, several House committees including Energy and Commerce have now considered and passed recommendations to further reduce federal spending over the next decade. To … Continue reading →
Community HealthCorps Blog
- AmeriCorps In The News, May 11, 2012
Volunteers 55+ are Meeting Critical Needs; Represent Powerful Resource for Communities (Press Release from the Corporation for National & Community Service) Corporation for National and Community Service Honored for Leadership in Disaster Assistance (From the AmeriCorps Newsroom) Congratulations to Our … Continue reading →
- Kinnickinnic River Cleanup, May 8, 2012
By Codie Vassar, Community HealthCorps Member at the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin A clean community is a healthy community and on April 21, 2012, Community HealthCorps, in conjunction with Sixteenth Street Community Health Center’s Department of Environmental … Continue reading →