The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has produced studies and analyses across a broad range of issues:
10. National Health Reform: How Will Medically Underserved Communities Fare?.
This research brief studies the potential impact of national health reform on the more than 96 million residents of America’s urban and rural medically underserved communities.
This report examines the Medicaid HIT adoption incentives contained in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).
This report examines the impact of Puerto Rico’s 1994 health reform on the Commonwealth’s community health centers.
Financing Community Health Centers as Patient- and Community-Centered Medical Homes: A Primer
This report, prepared for The Commonwealth Fund, describes the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) concept in a community health center context, outlines how health centers are now financed, and considers recent legislative reforms that can be expected to expand and strengthen health centers.
Health Centers in an Era of Health System Reform and Economic Downturn: Prospects and Challenges
This issue brief reviews the role of community health centers in the nation’s health care safety net.
Assessing the Need for On-Site Eye Care Professionals in Community Health Centers
While eye and vision problems are often associated with age, low income and racial and ethnic minorities also have elevated risk of eye problems.
A new policy brief by the Collaborative indicates that restoring eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP coverage to legally-admitted immigrant children and pregnant women is crucial.
Primary and Preventive Healthcare: A Critical Path to Healthcare Reform for Florida
Despite their importance to the Florida’s overall health care system funding shortfalls have limited their ability to reach the state’s residents without a regular source of health care. Between 1996-2006, when the number of uninsured residents grew by 32 percent, the number of uninsured patients served by community health centers grew by 51 percent.
This report represents a “second wave” follow-up to a “first wave” study whose purpose was to measure the effects of the Deficit Reduction Act’s citizenship documentation requirements on health centers and their patients.
The GG/ RCHN CHF Research Collaborative’s latest research brief examines comments from health centers and concerned parties across the country on the proposed rule to narrow the federal definition of medical underservice.
