Data Notes

To meet the needs for rapid policy analyses on critical issues affecting health centers and the communities they serve, the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative complements its in-depth analyses with Data Notes intended to provide timely, evidence-based information and updates on a range of health policy matters for the health center and policy communities. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has published a special, ongoing series of data notes that present key findings from the Health Center COVID-19 Survey data.

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With Over a Half-Million Pregnant Patients Served Annually, Community Health Centers Play a Crucial Role in Protecting Coverage During Medicaid Wind-Down

A new data note explores the scope of CHCs in providing prenatal and postpartum services, and their crucial role in mitigating disenrollments and protecting coverage and care.

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Federal Grants are Essential to Community Health Centers

Geiger Gibson explores the necessity of federal feunding for community health centers and its impact on their patients.

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The Potential Effect of Medicaid Unwinding on Community Health Centers

Data note exploring the financial effects of the ending of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and subsequent loss of Medicaid enrollees on health centers

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Data Note: What are Talevski’s Implications for Community Health Centers and Their Patients? Estimating the Impact of Losing Federally Enforceable Medicaid FQHC Payment Rights?

The implications of Health and Hospitals Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski for community health centers and their patients.

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Data Note: Findings from 28 months of Data from HRSA’s Health Center COVID-19 Survey

In this data note, Geiger Gibson explores the key findings from HRSA's 28-month Health Center COVID-19 Survey and the implications of these findings.

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Data Note: Three in Four Community Health Centers Are Engaged in Social Determinants of Health Activities. Making These Activities Universal Will Require Greater Investment and Payment Flexibility.

A new data note explores what investments must be made to encourage universal engagement of social determinants of health in all community health centers

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Data Note: Community Health Centers’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Two-Year Findings from HRSA’s Health Center COVID-19 Survey (April 2020—April 2022).

This Data Note reports on health center pandemic activities, using information from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Health Center COVID-19 Survey spanning the April 2020 to April 2022 time period.

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Key COVID-19 Updates from Twenty Months of Health Center Survey Data

A new data note summarizes and analyzes HRSA’s COVID-19 Survey data and presents updated findings on the impact of the pandemic on community health centers for the twenty-month period from April 3, 2020 through December 3, 2021. Jessica Sharac, Feygele Jacobs, Maria Casoni, and Peter Shin authored the report.

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Data Note: Community Health Centers’ Pandemic Experiences by State Medicaid Expansion Status: Reported Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Weekly Visit Declines.

A new data note presents an analysis of grantee-level data from HRSA’s COVID-19 survey for the period April 2020 to the end of May 2021, to explore how rates of weekly visits and COVID-19 immunizations varied by state and by Medicaid expansion status.

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Data Note: Key Updates from the Health Center COVID-19 Survey (Week #49): The Pace of COVID-19 Vaccine Administration is Rapidly Increasing at Community Health Centers.

A new data note summarizes and analyzes HRSA’s COVID-19 Survey data reported for the week of March 5, 2021 and presents updated trend data for the eleven-month period from April 3, 2020 through March 5, 2021.