The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has produced studies and analyses across a broad range of issues:
55. How Could the Public Charge Proposed Rule Affect Community Health Centers?
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative finds that hundreds of thousands of patients could lose access to comprehensive primary and preventive care at community health centers if a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is adopted.
54. Community Health Centers Continued to Expand Patient and Service Capacity in 2017.
A new report released as part of the Geiger Gibson RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative’s signature policy brief series examines the continued growth of community health centers in 2017.
One year after hurricanes Maria and Irma struck Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), recovery of essential community health care has progressed, but remains incomplete and challenging.
Community Health Centers’ Experiences in a More Mature ACA Market.
Community health centers provide comprehensive primary care services in some of the most underserved communities in the nation.
In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Legacy Community Health Services v. Smith held that state Medicaid programs may refuse to pay community health centers for the non-emergency, out-of-network care they furnish to Medicaid managed care enrollees.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, based on a comprehensive survey, finds that six months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria pummeled Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), the regions’ twenty-three community health centers continue to play a crucial role in responding to the catastrophe, providing direct care and essential community-based public health services.
51. State Economic and Employment Losses If Community Health Center Funding Is Not Restored.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative addresses the state-level economic and employment consequences that could occur if the Community Health Center Fund, which expired on September 30, 2017, is not restored.
50. Puerto Rico’s Community Health Centers: Struggling to Recover in the Wake of Hurricane Maria.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative details how Puerto Rico’s health centers, which serve one in 10 residents, are helping to address urgent and emerging health care needs, at a time when communication is limited and access to electricity and clean water remains scarce.
49. What are the Possible Effects of Failing to Extend the Community Health Center Fund?.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative analyzes the potential risk to health centers and the communities they serve if Congress fails to renew the Community Health Center Fund, which is due to expire on September 30.
48. Community Health Centers Reduce the Costs of Children’s Health Care.
A new report by the Geiger Gibson/ RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative is the first to show that community health centers (CHCs) provide care for children at a significant savings.
