CHCANYS is proud to announce today’s launch of Expanding Sustainable Community Health Centers in New York City, an analysis identifying NYC neighborhoods with the greatest need for expanded access to primary care and the ability to support sustainable growth of FQHCs. Building upon the statewide expansion plan developed by CHCANYS in 2013, the report
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell today announced more than $240 million – including about $176 million in Affordable Care Act funding – to support the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) andNURSE Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs to increase access to primary health care in the communities that need it most.
On October 8, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new “Direct Access” pilot program designed to improve access to health care for unauthorized immigrants in New York City. The initiative, scheduled to launch in the spring of 2016, will provide a group of approximately 1,000 uninsured immigrants with access to a dedicated network of health care
Hudson River Health Care is one of the largest health care providers outside New York City. It has 29 health centers across 10 counties, and sees 135,000 patients in a given year. Given the number of patients it sees, one would expect HRHCare to play an integral role in the state’s plans to reform the Medicaid program.
In fact, its role will vary,
On September 15, 2015, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced over $28 million in Affordable Care Act awards to 57 New York State health centers. Nearly $18.5 million of these funds will enable awardees to increase access to medical, oral, behavioral, pharmacy, and vision care services and serve 46,882 new patients. The
BD, Direct Relief, and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) honored seven community health centers, including two from New York State, with the Innovation in Care Award at NACHC’s 2015 Community Health Institute and EXPO in Orlando, Florida last week. Part of the BD Helping Build Healthy Communities™ initiative, the
On Tuesday, August 25, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Acting Administrator Jim Macrae announced over $3.4 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 54 New York State health centers in recognition of their achievements in providing high quality, comprehensive care. Awardees will use these funds to expand current quality improvement
The Obama administration last week announced a big increase in support for community health centers in the latest expansion of a program that has a long bipartisan history and robust bipartisan support today.
The health centers got a start under President Lyndon Johnson’s war on poverty, expanded slowly over the years, and then got a huge lift from