Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships

Health Reform & the HCH Community: What You Need to KNOW, What You Need to DO

Webinar Slides (PDF) Resources (PDF) While Congress did not pass the American Health Care Act, dismantling the ACA and overturning Medicaid expansion remains a priority for some lawmakers. Moreover, Medicaid coverage is at risk of being undermined by administrative and state-level changes that can happen immediately and will not draw as much attention. Together with […]

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Managed Care and Homeless Populations: Linking the HCH Community and MCO Partners

Webinar Slides(PPT) In states that expanded Medicaid, many people experiencing homelessness became eligible for health insurance, often enrolling in a Medicaid plan offered through a managed care organization (MCO). This development means that there are new opportunities for managed care plans and health care providers to work together to improve health outcomes in a patient

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Integrating Routine HIV Testing into Care: Strategies for Improvement and Partnership

Integrating Routine HIV Testing into Care: Strategies for Improvement and Partnership June 24, 2015 | 1-2 p.m. Eastern   Webinar Slides(PDF) In recognition of HIV testing day (June 27, 2015), the National HCH Council will host a webinar on HIV testing strategies. HIV testing and counseling are the cornerstones of HIV prevention response, allowing individuals

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Teaching Health Centers: A Resource Guide — Academic & HCH Collaborations

Patrina Twilley, National Health Care for the Homeless Council The purpose of this resource guide is to assist Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) grantees with their efforts to establish and strengthen collaborations with academic institutions, which include medical and allied health professional training schools. A large number of HCH grantees already collaborate with academic

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Health and Homelessness among Veterans: A Needs Assessment of HCH Grantees

Sarah Knopf-Amelung, National Health Care for the Homeless Council The National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council has released a final report on its multiphase veterans’ needs assessment. While most research on veterans experiencing homelessness is focused on those accessing care in the Veterans Administration (VA) setting, this study examines the subset of the

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Teaching Health Centers: A Case Study

Patrina Twilley, National Health Care for the Homeless Council Many health centers recognize the benefit of having medical residents serve patients and learn at their sites, and thus, consider their organizations “Teaching Health Centers (THC).” However, many of these health centers are not accredited and do not receive additional funding for providing these educational opportunities.

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Joining Forces: Improving Care for Veterans through HCH-VA Collaborations

Webinar Slides(PDF) Over 22,000 veterans were served by health care for the homeless grantees in 2011. Veterans are consistently over-represented in the homeless population, and although these numbers are decreasing thanks to federal efforts to end veteran homelessness, circumstances may change with the return of additional service members from the current conflict. Many veterans are

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Care Transitions for Patients Experiencing Homelessness

Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will provide an introduction to transitional care and highlight a new care transition model developed by Oregon Health and Sciences University that targets low-income and uninsured patients, including those who are experiencing homelessness. Transitional care models aim to improve health care delivery, increase patient self-management skills, and reduce health care costs by

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