Association of Health Care Journalists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Author Mark Taylor Two inspiring fellowships In the mid 1990s, Taylor spent a year researching community health centers on a Kaiser fellowship and then a second year as a Kaiser Media Fellow studying the U.S. health care system. At the same time, Cincinnati Childrens improved patient safety and quality of care, he wrote.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 105

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Community Health Centers Health Policy 105

Becker's Hospital Review - Health Equity

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, a Chicago-based coalition of Black board directors, seeks to address health disparities in public hospitals and community health centers with a $1.5 million grant from Kaiser Permanente.

Health Equity 52

Health Equity Community Health Centers Health Disparities 52

Phreesia

AUGUST 5, 2024

Community health centers across the U.S. In recognition of National Health Center Week (August 4 th to 10 th ), we sat down with Beth Wrobel, a community health center consultant and former CEO of HealthLinc, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with 12 clinics across Indiana.

Community Health Centers 52

Community Health Centers 52

KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The workers are “an extension of the health care system” and serve as a link “between the formality of this health care system and the community,” she said. The programs are often based at hospital systems or community health centers.

Ethnicity and Health 118

Ethnicity and Health Rural Health Community Health Centers Health Policy 118

HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 26, 2024

It’s smaller clinics and community health centers that may bear more of the brunt of the shift to commercial Covid-19 vaccines. Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center in New York City that provides services to primarily LGBTQ+ patients, is poised to administer the updated vaccines.

Mental Health and Public Health 57

Mental Health and Public Health Community Health Centers 57

NC Health News

JANUARY 13, 2025

What sets the Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit apart is that it was co-developed in partnership with free clinics and community health centers serving low-income and uninsured patients, said Donna Porstner, Americares vice president of marketing and communications.

Climate Change and Health 113

Climate Change and Health Disaster and Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness and Response Environmental Health and Safety 113

HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The workers are “an extension of the health care system” and serve as a link “between the formality of this health care system and the community,” she said. The programs are often based at hospital systems or community health centers.

Ethnicity and Health 92

Ethnicity and Health Rural Health Community Health Centers 92

National Council on Urban Indian Health

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Tribal leaders and the National Indian Health Board, along with Urban Indian Organizations andthe National Council of Urban Indian Health, have fought tirelessly to increase resources for the highly successful program. The proposal includes an extension of funding for Community Health Centers at $3.4

Community Health Centers 40

Community Health Centers 40

National Council on Urban Indian Health

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Kansas City Indian Center UnidosUS National Association of Rural Health Clinics National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners National Health Care for the Homeless Council American Nurses Association National Council for Mental Wellbeing Catholic Health Association of the United States National Association of Community Health Centers Full Letter (..)

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations 52

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Mental Health and Public Health Community Health Centers Rural Health 52

Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“CHCANYS’ vision is that every New York State community has primary care that encompasses all aspects of each patient’s health and well-being.

Mental Health and Public Health 40

Mental Health and Public Health Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Maternal and Child Health 40

National Council on Urban Indian Health

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The CR includes $100 billion for disaster relief in the wake of recent national disasters, a one-year extension of the Farm Bill to support agriculture, and extends all expiring health programs until March 31, 2025. Community Health Centers were funded at $4 billion per year from 2019 to 2023.

Mental Health and Public Health 40

Mental Health and Public Health Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Community Health Centers Mental Health Services 40

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 27, 2025

Whether you’re looking to connect with Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) programs, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) projects, Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC) sites, community health centers, or other key partners, AMCHP is here to help.

Maternal and Child Health 52

Maternal and Child Health Mental Health and Public Health Nutrition and Public Health Substance Use Disorders 52

HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 26, 2024

For example, Clarkston Community Health Center , a free health clinic that serves uninsured people, including many refugees, is no longer able to provide any vaccines, said executive director Jeremy Cole, because of “funding shortages.” But some charity clinics are not able to offer Covid vaccines.

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations 75

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Vaccination Programs Ageing and Health 75

Black Health Matters

JANUARY 7, 2025

.” Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, President and CEO of NACHC, commented on how Carter championed healthcare access in rural communities in a statement.

Rural Health 98

Rural Health Substance Use Disorders Global Health Community Health Centers 98

The Hill

DECEMBER 20, 2024

That includes extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities until March, as well as funding for community health centers. It's a shame we're not going to be able to do a bigger health care [package]," Guthrie said. Incoming House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

Community Health Centers 78

Community Health Centers Health Policy 78

National Council on Urban Indian Health

MARCH 21, 2025

Respectfully, National Advocates for Community Health Alliance of Community Health Plans Allies for Independence American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry American Association of Nurse Practitioners American Association on Health and Disability American Dental Association American Nurses Association Association for Community Affiliated Plans Association (..)

Mental Health and Public Health 52

Mental Health and Public Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Ageing and Health Substance Use Disorders 52

National Council on Urban Indian Health

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Key Public Health Programs Extended: The CR extends current funding for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) through March 31, 2025, at $39.3 Extends current funding Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers that operate GME programs until March 31, 2025.

Maternal and Child Health 52

Maternal and Child Health Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Health Education and Training Organizations Mental Health and Public Health 52

NC Health News

JANUARY 27, 2025

North Carolina is one of the leading states in the country for research dollars, and so people just don’t know what that really means, said Brian Toomey, retired head of Piedmont Health Services, a community health center based in Carrboro. That’s really jobs.

Media and Health Communication 117

Media and Health Communication Public Health Law and Regulation Ageing and Health Community Health Centers 117

HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 18, 2025

With potentially deep cuts to Medicaid on the horizon, local hospital leaders and health advocates in New York warn that funding reductions could significantly destabilize the citys network of safety-net hospitals and community health centers. Earlier this month, Dr.

Community Health Centers 91

Community Health Centers Health Policy 91

HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

It’s a huge waste of resources,” said Shannon Heuklom, a primary care provider and an expert in street medicine for the San Francisco Community Health Center, with a clinic nestled in the heart of the Tenderloin. “All the sweeps and arrests are doing is moving people to the next sidewalk and disrupting their continuity of care.

Mental Health and Public Health 54

Mental Health and Public Health Community Health Centers Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Health Insurance Companies 54

HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. Since selling her private practice eight years ago, Dr. Gulshan Harjee has spent most of her professional career invested in the Clarkston Community Health Center, a charity clinic she co-founded that serves a steady flow of immigrant patients.

Community Health Centers 98

Community Health Centers 98

The Hill

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The health portion contains pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) industry reforms, extensions of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, reauthorizations of legislation to prevent pandemics and address the opioid crisis, payments to community health centers, a rollback of physician payment cuts and other policies.

Community Health Centers 77

Community Health Centers 77

HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Georgia health professionals have been asking for a law like this for over a decade as a way to address growing primary care shortages and improve culturally competent care for immigrant patients.

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations 76

Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Public Health Law and Regulation Community Health Centers 76

NC Health News

APRIL 2, 2025

Hurricane Maria provides example Rural and community health centers are a vital safety net for millions of Americans. Community Health Center Association and knows the needs of this state well, including its extensive history of hurricanes disrupting power to crucial services. Its a huge success story.

Rural Health 85

Rural Health Disaster and Emergency Management Community Health Centers Environmental Health and Safety 85

KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Funding freezes and contract cancellations are already having a chilling effect on health programs, such as biomedical research grants for the National Institutes of Health, humanitarian and health aid provided overseas by the U.S.

Health Policy 80

Health Policy Community Health Centers Reproductive Health Global Health 80

Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A huge safety net Medicaid and CHIP provide health and long-term care insurance to more than 72.3 According to this report from KFF , Medicaid, the nations largest safety-net program, provides significant funding for the following: Hospitals, community health centers, physicians, nursing homes and community-based long-term services.

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 111

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting Ageing and Health Health Policy Community Health Centers 111

HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The health department hopes to replace that with a building over seven times the size, one that would offer a wider array of affordable programs for low-income residents. Cobb and Douglas Public Health plans to replace this South Cobb Community Health Center building in Austell, Georgia, and expand health services in South Cobb County.

Mental Health and Public Health 92

Mental Health and Public Health Nutrition and Public Health Mental Health Services Community Health Centers 92

The Hill

MARCH 14, 2025

Bipartisan health leaders in mid-December agreed on a sweeping health package that included PBM reforms, extensions of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, reauthorizations of legislation to prevent pandemics and address the opioid crisis, payments to community health centers, and a rollback of Medicare physician payment cuts.

Community Health Centers 144

Community Health Centers Health Policy 144

The Hill

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Republicans also jettisoned a Medicare physician payment boost and a hospital billing transparency measure that were included in the original health package. It will also extend community health center funding for the same period.

Community Health Centers 109

Community Health Centers 109

The Hill

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Temporary health extenders included in the December bill funding community health centers, delaying Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts to safety net hospitals and extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities are all due to expire by the end of March. But if Congress wants to act, the clock is ticking.

Community Health Centers 62

Community Health Centers 62

HEALTHBEAT

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In the Springfield area, Catholic charities, other philanthropies, volunteers, and county agencies have banded together over the past three to four years to tackle the challenge and connect immigrants who have critical health needs with providers and care. For instance, a community health center added Haitian Creole interpreters.

Mental Health and Public Health 54

Mental Health and Public Health Community Health Centers 54

The Hill

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

But on top of that, if you're a Republican that voted for Donald Trump and you believe in his agenda, something that is broadly popular among Republicans and Democrats are community health centers,” she told host Joy Reid. “If And we are talking about people who live in rural communities.

Community Health Centers 136

Community Health Centers Communicable Diseases 136

The Hill

MARCH 6, 2025

Bipartisan health leaders in mid-December had agreed a sweeping health package that included PBM reforms, extensions of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, reauthorizations of legislation to prevent pandemics and address the opioid crisis, payments to community health centers, and a rollback of physician payment cuts.

Community Health Centers 76

Community Health Centers Health Policy 76