Policy and Advocacy

Web Briefing: Early Impacts of the Medicaid Expansion for the Homeless Population

  Webinar Slides(PDF) On Monday, December 15 at 1 p.m. Eastern, the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a web briefing to examine the early impacts of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion on the homeless population, as well as opportunities and challenges looking forward. The briefing, drawing upon the recent paper, “Early Impacts of the Medicaid Expansion […]

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Living and Working in the Coverage Gap: Homeless Health Care in States Yet to Expand Medicaid

Webinar Slides(PDF) Health Care for the Homeless programs provides a wealth of clinical services to consumers in community-based settings. There is an opportunity to further expand and improve community-based services through strong health outreach programs that are well-integrated with the goals and structures of an organization. However, the impact of outreach on health center revenues

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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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PCMH Updates for Safety Net Providers

Webinar Slides(PDF) The next webinar on the patient-centered medical home will include important updates on 2011 standards for the safety net community as well as a review of past resources and guidance for those new to the process. Topics in the webinar will also include the funding application to cover recognition fees for HCH grantees

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HCH Goes to Washington: Legislative Visits during the 2013 National HCH Conference and Beyond

Webinar Slides(PDF) The National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium offers an excellent opportunity for attendees to meet with their congressional representatives. This webinar will provide information on scheduling meetings, communicating with other conference attendees from their state who are interested in attending the meetings, and the suggested policy issues to be

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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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