Donna Grande: America’s health care safety net is in danger kevinmd.com/2024/01/americ… via Kevin Pho, M.D.

Millions of Americans are increasingly turning to community health centers for care, and even food | AP News #valuechcs apnews.com/article/commun…

Where Are the Nation’s Primary Care Providers? It’s Not an Easy Answer buff.ly/47XOdbF by Rae Ellen Bichell Hannah Recht Holly Hacker Tony Leys via @kffhealthnews CC: Whitney Zahnd Justin Markowski @EdwardSalsberg Candice Chen Dr. Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN @AHuffstetler

As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive - ⁦The New York Times⁩ reporting quotes ⁦Dr. Kyu Rhee⁩ about impact of #Medicaid changes on Community Health Centers and the 31.5M patients they serve nytimes.com/2024/02/24/hea…

This is a wonderful, generous initiative, & I hate to be the skunk in this garden party, but what we saw from previous efforts is that free tuition for all does not produce more doctors in underserved specialities, like primary care, pediatrics, geriatrics. That is where the $

Congress voted to reduce Medicaid DSH payments in 2010, as part of the ACA. Congress has since voted nine times to delay those cuts. You'll never guess what's happening now. modernhealthcare.com/politics-polic…

Last month the @milbankfund released its 2nd annual "Health of US Primary Care Scorecard." While Community Health Centers are mentioned as a bright spot, the report is critical reading to learn about the 5 main #PrimaryCare challenges they identify. ⬇️ milbank.org/publications/t…

During #NationalPublicHealthWeek we recognize the important role family physicians like you play in the health of your communities. Check out our new public health integration resources: bit.ly/49jwbRu #NPHW

“@link_health_org has helped 1,154 patients at health centers in Boston and Houston enroll in the discount internet program.” Proud to have our work aimed at enrolling families in federal benefits highlighted in this week's NPR. buff.ly/442Yu65

Relive the excitement as Marie Lynn Miranda was officially sworn in as UIC's 10th chancellor 🎉 #UIC #UniversityOfIllinoisChicago #GoFlames

via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/04/11/opi…

MA has also never saved Mcare $. That doesn’t mean MA isn’t key pillar of Medicare sustainability. At its best it can provide better care at lower $. Same (directionally) re ACOs. Need to separate strategy from execution. Incenting lower Q crucial. Debate should be around design

In their new Forefront article, Vinaya Gogineni, Wendy Barr + @FMresearchplcy of NUFSM Family Medicine UMass Chan Medical School + The Center for Professionalism and Value discuss how the threatened Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program equips doctors to go where they are most needed. bit.ly/3VXyCGs

I have not sent a tweet in many months. However, the unintended consequences of what’s being proposed here in Delaware are too dire to ignore. We have to take a wiser approach to bending the cost curve and prioritize equity in care and outcomes for our population as a first step

Introduction of Medicaid APM options for federally qualified health center (FQHCs) was associated with modest, statistically significant increases in quality concentrated among FQHCs with APM models that explicitly incentivized quality. ja.ma/3XW4BrM

We are so excited to welcome a new faculty member, Justin Markowski! Check out his new research on Medicaid alternative payment models here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… We can't wait to see what Justin will accomplish at UIC! #UIC #thisispublichealth #bestfaculty

This thread is misleading. Econometric studies show that the effect of the MSSP on claims spending is small or none, on the order of 0% to 1%. "Savings" are an illusion, coming from the strategic construction of ACOs to beat overly generous targets. CMS is actually losing $.

"Two major community health center national advocacy groups pushed aside their conflicting visions of 340B reform to jointly urge Congress to reauthorize crucial health center funding ahead of a looming budget deadline," reports 340B Report today. hubs.li/Q02_sjZp0 #CHC

Community Health Centers can't access the HHS Payment Management System today. Section 330 grant funding is a significant portion of how FQHC/ RHC keep their doors open I suspect (hope) that the freeze will be lifted soon for them, given their strong bipartisan support