12. Community Health Centers in Indiana: State Investments and Return.
This brief presents key findings from a recent study that estimated cost savings and benefits generated by Indiana’s investment in the state’s community health centers.
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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This policy research brief examines the potential impact of the draft House Tri-Committee health reform bill on community health centers’ capacity to provide primary health care services to millions of needy patients, including the newly insured and millions who will remain uninsured.
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.