Fiscal Year 2021 Final Funding Level Chart
Funding for Programs Supporting the Health Care for the Homeless Community. Download Document (PDF)
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Policy Issues
Issue Brief : COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Ensuring Access to Care Through State Medicaid Telehealth Policies
In order to quickly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government allowed temporary flexibilities to many policies related to telehealth services. This issue brief describes the temporary telehealth policies that have been especially successful for Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers, and provides recommended actions at the state/local level for implementing more
Medicaid & Managed Care Financing Strategies that Support Medical Respite Care Programs
Webinar Slides(PDF) Medicaid & Medicaid Managed Care: Financing Approaches for Medical Respite Care(LINK) NIMRC(LINK) Medicaid and managed care organizations (MCOs) are increasingly providing financial support for medical respite care programs because they recognize the value of these models of care. This webinar will feature program administrators from two very different medical respite programs who
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*NEW* Comparative Analysis Paper, August 2020, COVID-19 Response in Countries with Single-Payer & Implications for Impoverished Populations
This paper is designed to illustrate how single-payer health systems around the world have more effectively responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and to demonstrate why the U.S. should move towards a single-payer ’Medicare for All’ system of care. Download Document (PDF)
Issue Brief, July 2020: COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Further Illustrating the Benefits of ‘Medicare-for-All’
This issue brief is intended to illustrate how the U.S. response to COVID-19 would be different under a single-payer financing process from the perspective of front-line homeless health care providers. Download Document (PDF)
COVID-19 Issue Brief #5 : COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Medical Respite Care & Alternate Care Sites
This issue brief is intended to provide public health authorities, emergency response systems, and ACS program administrators with an operational framework that will improve the quality of care at ACS programs and promote longer-term stability for vulnerable people. Download Document (PDF)
Policy Brief: Medicaid & Medicaid Managed Care: Financing Approaches for Medical Respite Care
People experiencing homelessness have significant health care needs and use hospitals at higher rates and for longer periods of time than their housed counterparts. Download Document (PDF)
Health Affairs blog: Five Ways Medicaid Expansion Is Helping Homeless Populations Ten Years After The ACA Became Law
Nearly 15 million low-income Americans gained access to health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion—many gaining coverage for the first time. View Blog (Link)