The nation’s 1,375 federally qualified health centers, which treat 30 million low-income Americans, are mostly private organizations. Yet they receive $6 billion annually in federal grants, and under federal law their legal liabilities are covered by the government, just as those of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the...Arizona News
Nearly 1,400 community health centers across the country received a total of $90 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to advance health equity through better data collection and reporting.
The awards are on top of the $7.6 billion in ARP funds provided to community health centers to strengthen the health center workforce,...White Papers, E books, Reports and more
Community health centers played a central role in coordinating care and economic support to disadvantaged communities during the pandemic, according to a report filed last Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). The KFF Report noted that community health centers are experiencing substantial ramifications from the ongoing healthcare...National News
The Community Health Center (CHC) program serves people at nearly 10,000 nonprofit clinics nationwide, almost all of which are in low-income rural and urban areas.
Kaiser Health News reports Congress has allocated $3.6 billion annually to the health centers in recent years. That is about 20 percent of the centers’ budgets—much of...National News
The bill extends CHIP funding for five years: funded by higher premiums to wealthier Medicare beneficiaries, cutting money from ACA’s public health fund and shortening the grace period for ACA enrollees who fail to make premium payments.
The Hill reports today that the bill would extend CHIP for five years and was combined...
