The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has produced studies and analyses across a broad range of issues:
In thousands of medically underserved rural and urban communities, community health centers played a vital role in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. With crucial financial support through supplemental grants and Medicaid, health centers tested more than 3.7 million patients for the novel coronavirus and cared for nearly 745,000 patients with COVID-19, while also demonstrating their ability to rapidly adapt to pandemic operating conditions.
This study was undertaken to understand the current status of family planning and managed care integration 40 years after enactment of the “freedom of choice” safeguard, when managed care now enrolls nearly 70 percent of the Medicaid population.
Building Community-Oriented Medicaid Managed Care: Charting a Path Toward Reform.
A policy issue brief from the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy at Milken Institute School of Public Health examines the Episcopal Health Foundation’s (TX) $10 million Texas Community-Centered Health Homes (CCHH) Initiative and its implications for Medicaid managed care policy and practice.
65. Community Health Centers’ Accomplishments and Challenges, One Year in to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A new analysis reports on the experience of the nation’s community health centers over the past year, and highlights health centers’ accomplishments in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the challenges that they face as the pandemic continues and the nation seeks to recover.
Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) are multi-sector, community-based partnerships that aim to address community health and social needs.
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, community health centers are serving as public health responders, especially for medically underserved populations.
As the COVID-19 pandemic surges on across the United States, a new analysis reports on the experience of the nation’s community health centers over a six-month period. Utilizing data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey for the period April 2 to October 3, 2020, the authors document that health centers immediately rose to meet the challenges of the public health crisis, by initiating coronavirus testing, conducting more than four million diagnostic tests, and adapting care such as telehealth to address patient needs.
A new analysis examines the continued growth of community health centers through 2019. The authors analyze health center activity based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Uniform Data System (UDS) and document that on the eve on the COVID-19 pandemic, health centers were positioned to assume an integral role in the national coronavirus response.
Community Health Centers and Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.
As the country struggles to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, emerging evidence suggests drug overdoses are increasing sharply, with an estimated 18% increase in overdoses since the start of stay-at-home orders in March through May 2020.
Community Health Centers in a Time of Change: Results from an Annual Survey.
Findings from the KFF/Geiger Gibson 2019 Community Health Center Survey provide important information on health centers’ financial situation and their experiences in a changing policy environment.
