Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative Policy Briefs

The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has produced studies and analyses across a broad range of issues:

  • National health reform and medically underserved communities. 
  • Community health centers as public health first responders. 
  • Community health centers’ special roles for key patient populations, including veterans, agricultural workers and their families, those experiencing homelessness, as well as  opportunities to improve population health.
  • Community health centers’ role in the health of women and families.
  • Efforts to roll back Medicaid gains for health center patients and medically underserved populations. 
  • The impact of policies on immigrant communities served by health centers.
  • Health centers and delivery and payment reform.
     

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23. Medicare’s Accountable Care Organization Regulations: How Will Medicare Beneficiaries who Reside in Medically Underserved Communities Fare?.

In a new policy research brief by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, “Medicare’s Accountable Care Organization Regulations: How Will Medicare Beneficiaries who Reside in Medically Underserved Communities Fare” the authors examine the impact on medically underserved Medicare beneficiaries of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS’) proposed rule implementing the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

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22. The Role of Community Health Centers in Addressing the Needs of Uninsured Low Income Workers: Implications of Proposed Federal Funding Reductions.

The latest policy research brief by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, “The Role of Community Health Centers in Addressing the Needs of Uninsured Low Income Workers: Implications of Proposed Federal Funding Reductions,” examines the consequences of the proposed reductions in federal health center funding on access to health care for low-income workers.

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21. The Health Care Access and Cost Consequences of Reducing Health Center Funding.

The latest policy research brief by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, titled “The Health Care Access and Cost Consequences of Reducing Health Center Funding,” examines the consequences for access and cost savings of reduced federal funding for community health centers.

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20. Health Center Budget Cuts to Eliminate Access for 11 Million Patients with Significant Health Needs.

A new policy research brief released today by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services examines the characteristics of patients whose access to health center services is at risk because of a potential $1.3 billion in direct spending cuts for community health centers.

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19. Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform.

This analysis indicates that the expansion of community health centers (CHCs) will make a major contribution toward bolstering the capacity of the nation’s primary care system and reducing the long term growth in health care costs.

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18. Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing the Unmet Legal Needs of Health Center Patients.

This report examines the role of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) as catalysts for improving the overall health of low-income and vulnerable patients by addressing their legal needs.

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17. The Economic Stimulus: Gauging the Early Effects of ARRA Funding on Health Centers and Medically Underserved Populations and Communities.

This brief, issued on the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, examines the effect of ARRA stimulus funding on community health centers.

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16. Using Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Potential Impact of Health Center Expansion in Senate Reforms.

This report is an analysis of health reform legislation currently under consideration in the Senate.

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15. Estimating the Economic Gains for States as a Result of Medicaid Coverage Expansions for Adults.

This policy research brief finds that the Medicaid expansions currently under Congressional consideration as part of health reform legislation would not only improve the health and well-being of previously uninsured individuals and families but also would generate significant economic returns in new business activities, jobs, salaries and wages.

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14. Using Primary Care to Bend the Curve: Estimating the Impact of a Health Center Expansion on Health Care Costs.

This policy research brief finds that health center expansion to serve an additional 20 million patients as a part of national health reform would result in overall health care savings of $212 billion from 2010 to 2019, including federal Medicaid savings of $59 billion.