Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/clinics/fqhc.php Lamar CO March 28, 2012 -- Colorado Rural Health Center http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:34:26 CST http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Yuma CO February 23, 2012 -- Colorado Rural Health Center http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:29:33 CST http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Rifle CO February 22, 2012 -- Colorado Rural Health Center http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:25:21 CST http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Alamosa CO March 27, 2012 -- Colorado Rural Health Center http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:24:42 CST http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/ -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/23_ODF_PNAHP.asp#TopOfPage Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:42 CST http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/23_ODF_PNAHP.asp#TopOfPage Times Daily, (AL) article discusses why rural health clinics are an important link to the health-care community. http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Filling-the-gap,186818 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:36:13 CST http://www.timesdaily.com/stories/Filling-the-gap,186818 Courier-Journal, (KY) article reports that as the nations economic slump continues, growing numbers of uninsured patients are straining community health facilities. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120121/NEWS01/301210082 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:01:38 CST http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120121/NEWS01/301210082 Funding for financial assistance to provide comprehensive primary health care services to an underserved area or population. This announcement is for one (1) service area only, Anchorage, ALASKA. -- Bureau of Primary Health Care http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2759 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:15:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2759 Medscape Today News interviews Mary Wakefield, administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), on the Affordable Care Act and how it will impact Community Health Centers (CHCs), as well as discussing the National Health Service Corps and Teaching Health Centers. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/755950 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:59:16 CST http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/755950 Atlantic City NJ November 1, 2012 http://www.njpca.org/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:35:32 CST http://www.njpca.org/ Outlines the steps involve in implementing a pilot project that will enable community-based providers to improve coordination of care between CHCs and VHA. -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/2011_6_30_NACHC_Final_Report.pdf Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:22:52 CST http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/2011_6_30_NACHC_Final_Report.pdf Offers FAQs, handbooks, policies, and information on the application and reporting processes for HRSA-supported health centers with malpractice insurance through the Federal Tort Claims Act. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://bphc.hrsa.gov/FTCA/ Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:22:47 CST http://bphc.hrsa.gov/FTCA/ Webinar, presented by Christi Dant of the CMS Office of E-Health Standards & Services along with Bill Finerfrock of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics, discusses the transition to Version 5010 and ICD-10 from the provider and the facility perspectives. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/webinars/111511.php Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:22:41 CST http://www.raconline.org/webinars/111511.php Summarizes segments of the rule on Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as they affect family practitioners in small- and medium-sized practices, including Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). -- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/online/etc/medialib/aafp_org/documents/policy/fed/background/medicare-aco-summary.Par.0001.File.dat/AAFPFinalMedicareACO.pdf Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:10:11 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/etc/medialib/aafp_org/documents/policy/fed/background/medicare-aco-summary.Par.0001.File.dat/AAFPFinalMedicareACO.pdf Contains supportive material for developing recommendations and influencing methodologies used to determine medically underserved populations (MUPs) and health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) as presented in the full Negotiated Rulemaking (NRM) Committee report. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/nrmcreportattachments.pdf Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:29:52 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/nrmcreportattachments.pdf Contains recommendations and documentation of the Negotiated Rulemaking (NRM) Committee to influence methodologies used to determine medically underserved populations (MUPs) and health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/nrmcfinalreport.pdf Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:24:56 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/nrmcfinalreport.pdf Represents the views of certain members of the Negotiated Rulemaking (NRM) Committee with information in support of several key Committee decisions related to the designation process presented in the full Committee report. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/nrmcreportaddenda.pdf Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:22:43 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/nrmcreportaddenda.pdf Developed to help inform users about the current geographic extent of Section 330 U.S. federally funded health centers (FQHCs). Designed upon algorithms and reporting methods for the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)-requested service area analyses. Requires a brief log-in registration. http://www.udsmapper.org Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:16:04 CST http://www.udsmapper.org Provides resources on ICD-10 and Version 5010 to support the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/ICD10/index.html Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:30:45 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/ICD10/index.html Provides advisory services related to planning and financing capital projects for nonprofit community health centers to support and expand community-based health care. http://www.caplink.org/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:16:37 CST http://www.caplink.org/ Offers a listing of health centers including migrant health centers available across the country. -- Migrant Clinicians Network http://www.migrantclinician.org/community/health-centers.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:08:24 CST http://www.migrantclinician.org/community/health-centers.html Examines how changes in the way federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are financed could support the transformation of these critical safety-net providers into high performing patient-centered medical homes. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Sep/1548_Ku_transforming_community_hlt_ctrs_PCMHs_final.pdf Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:21:48 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Sep/1548_Ku_transforming_community_hlt_ctrs_PCMHs_final.pdf Examines the potential economic benefit, including job creation opportunities, resulting from investments in community health centers. -- George Washington University Department of Health Policy http://www.rchnfoundation.org/images/FE/chain207siteType8/site176/client/GGRCHNBrief25.pdf Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:01:01 CST http://www.rchnfoundation.org/images/FE/chain207siteType8/site176/client/GGRCHNBrief25.pdf Researchers describe how networks helpedCHCs to use EHRs to improve chronic and preventive care and the barriers they faced. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Aug/1541_Miller_increasing_EHR_use_CHC_networks_ib.pdf Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:22:38 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Aug/1541_Miller_increasing_EHR_use_CHC_networks_ib.pdf Surveys safety-net health centers (public hospitals and clinics, federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, and free clinics for the medically underserved) to determine their potential to become patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2010/May/1395_Coleman_providing_underserved_patients_med_homes_ib.pdf Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:43:05 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2010/May/1395_Coleman_providing_underserved_patients_med_homes_ib.pdf Shows that a growing number of Americans affected by the economic downturn, including middle class families, are turning to Community Health Centers for their health care needs. -- National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/NAC_AccessEndangered_FINAL_Lo.pdf Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:29:18 CST http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/NAC_AccessEndangered_FINAL_Lo.pdf Illustrates how Community Health Centers are a crucial source of health care for a diverse group of patients, providing preventive services, treatment, and care management for medically underserved communities. -- Center for American Progress http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/pdf/community_health_brief.pdf Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:26:24 CST http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/pdf/community_health_brief.pdf Made up of oral health providers that represent the diversity of safety-net oral health settings, such as isolated, rural, and one dentist clinics. http://www.nnoha.org/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:07:59 CST http://www.nnoha.org/ Honors the history of community health centers and helps health centers tell their stories. -- RCHN Community Health Foundation, Inc. http://www.chcchronicles.org/ Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:52:47 CST http://www.chcchronicles.org/ Supports and benefits the work of community health centers nationally through strategic investment, collaboration, education and health policy research. http://www.rchnfoundation.org/main.cfm?s=rchn Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:48:53 CST http://www.rchnfoundation.org/main.cfm?s=rchn