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1 day ago · The Community Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center which receives federal funding to provide comprehensive services. It accepts most private insurance plus Medicare and Medicaid.
Community Health Center Funding: Critical Updates and Future …
4 days ago · In March 2024, despite the polarization in Congress, advocates secured the largest year-over-year increase to our mandatory funding in a decade. 1 Two key workforce development programs – the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) – also received significant boosts in funding ...
Community health centers expand patient care: 5 things to know
4 days ago · In 2023, 90% of community health center patients had incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and 31% of patients were rural residents. Around two-thirds of patients identified as ...
Community Health Centers Are Serving More Patients Than Ever, …
Nov 13, 2024 · In 2023, CHCs served a record-setting 31 million patients, including more than 19 million people with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (i.e., $29,160 per year for an individual in 2023), 5.6 million people without insurance, and 9.7 …
Advocates for Community Health Grateful for Increase in …
Dec 18, 2024 · The Congressional Budget Office has found that care provided at community health centers leads to more cost-effective care and lower federal spending for the Medicaid and Medicare programs as well as lower spending in emergency departments, inpatient hospital settings, and other outpatient services.
Community health centers serve 1 in 11 ... - Associated Press News
Jan 29, 2024 · Nine in 10 health center patients live at or below 200% of the federal poverty line, according to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. Beyond that: — In 2022, nearly 1.4 million health center patients were homeless. — One in five was uninsured. — Half were on Medicaid.
Community health centers’ new crisis: The need for backup power
Jun 11, 2024 · The humanitarian organization Direct Relief is helping community health centers across the United States install rooftop solar and battery storage systems as they confront more frequent power outages from extreme weather and fickle grid systems.
Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They’re a
Jan 29, 2024 · Since 2012, community health centers have seen a 45% increase in the number of people seeking care — and they’ve opened more and more service sites to expand their footprint to more than...
Community Health Centers Serve 1 in 11 Americans. They're a …
Jan 27, 2024 · Plaza del Sol is one of two dozen sites run by Urban Health Plan Inc., which is one of nearly 1,400 federally designated community health centers. One in 11 Americans rely on these to get...
‘Waiting with bated breath’: Health clinics anxious for ... - NBC News
Oct 12, 2023 · Weeks after the approval of updated Covid vaccines, community health centers across the country say they are still waiting on their doses to arrive. The delays are preventing many vulnerable...