Developed by the Center for Health Care Strategies, this brief outlines the rationale for states to consider designing Medicaid-financed, supportive housing-based care management services to improve care for at-risk beneficiaries while lowering costs associated with avoidable hospitalizations and other crisis services. Download Research (PDF)
There is a growing consensus that the US primary care system must be redesigned in fundamental ways to improve health and the patient experience while lowering costs (Knox et al., 2011). The current system’s skyrocketing costs are unsustainable and present a serious threat to our national fiscal integrity, as well as to individual’s and small
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This Issue Paper describes the ways that Medicaid is being used now and might be used in the future under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to serve chronically homeless people. Download Research (PDF)
Authored by Cyndi Nassivera-Cordes, VP Clinical Quality. Download Research (PDF)
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Outreach is a critical function of health centers serving underserved populations. In 2000, Health Outreach Partners (HOP) developed its Farmworker Outreach Program Guidelines based on 30 years of experience providing direct outreach services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. In 2012, HOP collaborated with four national partner organizations (the National Association of Community Health Centers, National
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Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar is the third in a four-part series on the patient-centered medical home; recordings and presentations from previous webinars are available in our Webinar Archives. In this case study of Mary Howard, a nurse-managed health center, presenters will discuss the NCQA’s PCMH standards and how they relate to an HCH grantee, the role
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Webinar Slides(PDF) In this webinar, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, a member of the Council and a 330 funded HCH program, will share its journey as the first community health center in Washington State to achieve Level 3 NCQA Recognition—for its 8th Street CHC and its satellite HCH clinic, Neighborhood Connections. Speakers: Anna Gard, FNP-BC; Health Disparities
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