Elizabeth H. Swain, CHCANYS President and CEO since 2005, was inducted Thursday into the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Grassroots Advocacy Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C.
Grassroots Advocacy Hall of Fame members have all made lasting contributions to ensuring the creation, survival and strength of community health centers and
For Immediate Release: March 17, 2016 Contact: Kate Graetzer, (518) 312-8132, kgraetzer@chcanys.org
Dozens of community-based health care providers from across the state visited New York State’s members of Congress today to urge them to continue fighting for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and expand access to high quality primary and
On March 11, 2016, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $7.29 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 21 New York State health centers to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse services, with a specific focus on treatment of opioid use disorders in underserved populations.
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Elizabeth Swain, CHCANYS President and CEO since 2005, will be inducted into the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Grassroots Advocacy Hall of Fame next Thursday, March 17 in Washington, D.C. Grassroots Advocacy Hall of Fame members have all made lasting contributions to ensuring the creation, survival and strength of community health
On Monday, March 7, nearly 650 community health center advocates joined CHCANYS in Albany to ask policymakers for immediate help in filling a $54.4 million gap in annual reimbursement for care for indigent patients and to explain why meaningful investment in community health centers is so important. The standing-room-only event was a huge success, thanks to
At a press conference on Friday, March 4, Governor Cuomo and the Department of Health announced the release of $1.5 billion in Capital Restructuring Financing Program (CFRP) and Essential Health Care Provider Support Program awards, intended to transform and improve the delivery of health care across the state. Congratulations to all those who received
CHCANYS Senior Policy Director Beverly Grossman testified at a joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Legislative Hearing on the health and Medicaid sections of the 2016-17 New York State Executive Budget on Monday, January 25. During her presentation, Ms. Grossman highlighted the devastating impact on FQHCs of the current $54.4 million deficit in
CHCANYS’ Senior Policy Director Beverly Grossman spoke with Capital Tonight’s Liz Benjamin on Monday, January 25 about how issues such as the current deficit in federal indigent care funding and a lack of State investment in community-based safety net providers thus far are posing serious financial challenges for FQHCs at the same time that