http://www.nachc.com/default.cfm National Association of Community Health Centers en websupport@locusinteractive.net (Locus Interactive) Wed, 16 May 2012 06:05:21 EST Wed, 16 May 2012 06:05:21 EST http://www.nachc.com/site-images/nachc-logo.gif http://www.nachc.com/default.cfm http://www.nachc.com/Alert-detail.cfm?AlertID=97 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:49:16 EST Wed, 16 May 2012: The NHSC Jobs Center replaces the former Job Opportunities List. http://www.nachc.com/Alert-detail.cfm?AlertID=97 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4306 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:47:31 EST Tue, 15 May 2012: Chief Financial Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4306 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4305 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:47:29 EST Tue, 15 May 2012: Physician's Assistant or Nurse Practitioner http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4305 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4304 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:47:26 EST Tue, 15 May 2012: Clinical Care Coordinator - 2 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4304 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4275 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:34:35 EST Mon, 14 May 2012: Chief Financial Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4275 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4302 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:03 EST Mon, 14 May 2012: Family Practice Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4302 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4301 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:01 EST Mon, 14 May 2012: Pediatrician/Internal Medicine/Family Practice Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4301 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4300 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:20:59 EST Mon, 14 May 2012: HIT Projects Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4300 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4303 Sun, 13 May 2012 12:21:06 EST Sun, 13 May 2012: Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4303 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4276 Fri, 11 May 2012 12:34:45 EST Fri, 11 May 2012: Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4276 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4299 Fri, 11 May 2012 12:20:56 EST Fri, 11 May 2012: Chief Executive Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4299 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4298 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:36:02 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Chief Financial Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4298 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4297 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:36:00 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Chief Executive Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4297 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4296 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:57 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4296 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4295 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:55 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: PCMH RN Care Coordinator http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4295 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4294 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:53 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Chief Operating Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4294 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4293 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:50 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Staff Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4293 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4292 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:48 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4292 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4291 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:45 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Chief Site Administrator http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4291 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4290 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:42 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Psychologist http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4290 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4289 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:38 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4289 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4288 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:34 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Licensed Clinical Social Worker http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4288 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4287 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:30 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Certified Nurse Midwife http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4287 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4286 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:29 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Physician Assistant http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4286 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4285 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:26 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Nurse Practitioner http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4285 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4284 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:24 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Dentist http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4284 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4283 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:21 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Physicians http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4283 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4282 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:19 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Medical Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4282 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4281 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:17 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Psychiatrist http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4281 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4280 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:15 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: OB/GYN http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4280 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4279 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:35:12 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Pediatrician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4279 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4278 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:34:51 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Internal Medicine Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4278 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4277 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:34:47 EST Thu, 10 May 2012: Family Practice Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4277 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4269 Wed, 09 May 2012 04:58:14 EST Wed, 09 May 2012: Nurse Practitioner and/or Physician Assistant http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4269 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4274 Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:31 EST Wed, 09 May 2012: Family Nurse Practitioner http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4274 http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=756 Tue, 08 May 2012 06:13:44 EST Tue, 08 May 2012: This week the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) announced that it will award a total of $1.3 million a year for three years in grants to Primary Care Association (PCA) clusters to support the 500 Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites in achieving the goals of the CMS Demonstration. http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=756 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4271 Tue, 08 May 2012 04:58:18 EST Tue, 08 May 2012: Development Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4271 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4270 Tue, 08 May 2012 04:58:16 EST Tue, 08 May 2012: Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4270 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4273 Mon, 07 May 2012 04:58:23 EST Mon, 07 May 2012: Family Nurse Practitioner http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4273 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4272 Mon, 07 May 2012 04:58:21 EST Mon, 07 May 2012: Medical Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4272 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4268 Mon, 07 May 2012 04:58:11 EST Mon, 07 May 2012: Chief Financial Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4268 http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=755 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:49:51 EST Mon, 07 May 2012: United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to Speak http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=755 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4267 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:21:15 EST Thu, 03 May 2012: State and Federal Policy Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4267 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4266 Wed, 02 May 2012 05:15:16 EST Wed, 02 May 2012: Laboratory Supervisor http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4266 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4265 Tue, 01 May 2012 04:48:15 EST Tue, 01 May 2012: PCMH Facilitator http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4265 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4264 Tue, 01 May 2012 04:48:12 EST Tue, 01 May 2012: Administrative Services Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4264 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4263 Tue, 01 May 2012 04:47:24 EST Tue, 01 May 2012: CEO http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4263 http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=754 Tue, 01 May 2012 01:48:08 EST Tue, 01 May 2012: "Every penny of this new investment brings real benefits for more Americans, such as better health and more jobs." http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=754 http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=753 Tue, 01 May 2012 10:38:16 EST Tue, 01 May 2012: The Department of Health and Human Services today announced Capital Development Grants under the Affordable Care Act totaling $728 million to fund nearly 400 health center renovation and construction projects http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=753 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4262 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:16 EST Mon, 30 Apr 2012: Chief Executive Officer for Colorado Recovery http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4262 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4261 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:32:13 EST Mon, 30 Apr 2012: Dentist http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4261 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4259 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:21:02 EST Thu, 26 Apr 2012: OB Coordinator (OBC), Registered Nurse http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4259 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4258 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:20:48 EST Thu, 26 Apr 2012: Podiatrist http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4258 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4260 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:38:24 EST Thu, 26 Apr 2012: Family Practice PHYSICIAN or NURSE PRACTITIONER http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4260 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4257 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:50:46 EST Wed, 25 Apr 2012: Nurse Practitioner http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4257 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4256 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:50:39 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012: Corporate Director of Development and Community Relations http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4256 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4255 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:50:31 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012: Center Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4255 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4254 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:50:26 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012: Registered Nurse- Full Time http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4254 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4253 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:50:20 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2012: Chief Planning And Development Officer http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4253 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4252 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:49:11 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2012: CLINIC MANAGER http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4252 http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=752 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:26:22 EST Wed, 18 Apr 2012: In response to the USA Today article about Community Health Centers http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?PressReleaseID=752 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4251 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:31:43 EST Wed, 18 Apr 2012: Medical Director http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4251 http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4250 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:32:05 EST Tue, 17 Apr 2012: Physician http://www.nachc.com/jobs-detail.cfm?JobID=4250 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=212 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:15:30 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: Regional Extension Centers are loosely patterned after the Department of Agriculture?s Cooperative Extension Service Program, an educational program designed to facilitate access to research-based information to help the farm community improve its agricultural capabilities. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=212 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=211 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:03:51 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: On November 2, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register the final rule to implement the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), a key accountable care initiative mandated under Section 3022 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to transform the health care delivery system. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=211 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=210 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:51:29 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: This Committee was tasked with attempting to reach agreement on a deficit reduction package that would cut at least $1.2 trillion in the federal debt over the next 10 years. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=210 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=209 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:58:02 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: It was a great honor and proud moment in my life to assume the office of NACHC Chair of the Board at the Community Health Institute this past August. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=209 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=208 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:54:18 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: The Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in March 2010, set a lot of things in motion ? from planning and positioning by just about every player in the health care arena, to a frenzy of new rules and regulations, to court challenges on the constitutionality of the law itself. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=208 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=207 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:46:04 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: After more than a year of meetings, the Negotiated Rulemaking (NRM) Committee established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) concluded its efforts this October to develop new methodologies for designations of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUAs/Ps). http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=207 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=206 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:37:35 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: Almost half all adults have at least one chronic illness, and 50% of adults aged 65 and older have at least two. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=206 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=205 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:18:23 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: In 2010 NACHC initiated the Advocacy Leadership Program (ALP) to develop and cultivate the skills of health center advocates in building a stronger grassroots movement on behalf of America?s Health Centers and their patients. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=205 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=204 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:09:54 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: NACHC has begun working with IBM to broaden the company?s work with community health centers and develop partnerships both locally and nationally that will benefit health centers and their patients. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=204 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=203 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:01:44 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: For nearly nine years now, we?ve been watching the familiar scenes on the evening news ? soldiers arriving at U.S. airports to the kisses and hugs of families and to the well-deserved cheers and applause of Americans. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=203 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=202 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:48:06 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) last year kicked off a flurry of activity in the states ? from vigorous planning to furious opposition. One thing is clear: Despite the heated anti-health reform rhetoric churning in various political and media arenas ? states are progressing with implementation. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=202 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=201 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:21:15 EST Tue, 03 Jan 2012: While lawmakers in states across the nation grapple with tight budgets, community health centers are facing a steep decline in state funding for the fourth year in a row. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=201 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=200 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:32:33 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: NACHC submitted comments in response to the NPRM, urging that in lieu of revising specific provisions, HRSA recognize a presumption of coverage for all services and activities included within a health center?s federally-approved scope of project and approved deeming application. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=200 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=199 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:14:34 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: In just a short period of time, the health care landscape has changed dramatically. At the highest level, the move toward implementation of a broad health reform program has resulted in a plethora of new laws, regulations and guidelines. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=199 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=198 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:54:54 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: Over the course of the 45 years since its creation, the Medicaid program has had a perilous existence. It was barely 15 years old when, in 1981, the Reagan Administration proposed a block grant that would have ended its guarantee of coverage for the very few Americans who qualified (only those in families receiving cash assistance, or welfare, and those with Supplemental Security Income/SSI assistance). http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=198 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=197 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:44:31 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: I have confidence that we will persevere in the upcoming fight to protect health centers and our communities. But none of us should mistakenly assume that past support for health centers alone will guarantee the future. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=197 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=196 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:41:35 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: Faced with an increasingly complex health care environment, growing demands for health center services, and a troubling economic landscape that threatens the financial stability of health centers, board governance has become a more challenging responsibility. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=196 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=195 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:32:49 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: 2011 has already seen the most significant changes to the revenue cycle for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in many years. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=195 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=194 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:17:55 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: The health care industry is undergoing a profound period of turbulence and transformation presenting unique challenges for governance and leadership. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=194 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=192 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:52:00 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011: Ask any American what they think about health care reform and, for better or worse, you?ll find very strong opinions about the role of government and spending. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=192 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=191 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:55:00 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: As we all know by now, the health reform law includes unprecedented funding for Federally-Qualified Health Centers to expand cost-effective health care to more people and communities in need over the next few years. That funding has brought with it heightened scrutiny and increased penalties for noncompliance. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=191 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=190 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:29:57 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was enacted in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=190 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=189 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:22:15 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: After a brief pause to honor the fallen and wounded in the deplorable event in Tucson, AZ, Members of Congress reconvened in Washington, and promptly served notice that the new 112th Congress will be quite different from its predecessor, the 111th. The House, with its new Republican majority, quickly voted, largely along party lines, to repeal the landmark health reform law ? the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ? that had been enacted last year. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=189 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=188 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:10:53 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: We enter a period of great uncertainty. Towering budget deficits feeding an unprecedented federal debt now approaching 15 trillion dollars have triggered a national debate about priorities ? the levels of government spending ? if not the role and size of government itself. From Congress to state houses and municipalities, intense efforts are underway to rein in spending and bring tight fiscal discipline to the budgetary process. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=188 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=187 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:07:21 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: While the Congressional budget battle rages on in Washington, the nation?s health care delivery system continues to prepare for change ushered in through the passage in recent years of historical health care legislation (i.e., the Recovery Act and the Health Reform law). http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=187 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=186 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:29 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: In Ivan Doig?s novel Ride With Me, Mariah Montana, a character asks Mariah, ?How good are you going to get?? She replies, ?How good is there?? This is a universal question, applying to countless topics and situations ? even the health center model. Is there such a thing as too good, and at what point does something become great? What is the best way to move a community health center from good to great? http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=186 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=185 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:48:03 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: The primary care medical home (PCMH) has emerged as one of the core building blocks of transforming the nation?s health care delivery system. David Stevens, MD, FAAFM, NACHC Associate Medical Officer and Director of NACHC?s Quality Center, was asked to talk about the PCMH concept, its impetus under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)and implications for America?s Health Centers. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=185 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=183 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:11:08 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2011: $1 billion will be made available to federally qualified health centers from the Community Health Centers Trust Fund created under the Affordable Care Act ? in addition to discretionary program funding. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=183 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=176 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:23:22 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: September 23rd marked the six-month anniversary of the signing of the landmark health reform law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), by President Obama. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=176 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=175 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:43:49 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: With the committed investment of $11 billion dollars made in America?s Health Centers under the new health reform law, we have been given an unprecedented opportunity to extend the reach of our programs. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=175 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=179 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:40:16 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: The previous issue of Community Health Forum detailed some of the various fraud-related provisions that are included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the Health Reform law). Health care providers, including health centers, were told they should expect, among other things, a surge in fraud and abuse enforcement and oversight activities. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=179 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=173 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:25:15 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: In his speech before the large and enthusiastic audience at NACHC?s annual meeting this past September, former HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt said that health centers will go from being just a part of the safety net to become a part of the foundation of health reform. However, as he pointed out ? and as we know ? there is much work ahead for health centers to assume the mantle. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=173 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=178 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:13:51 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: ?Show me the money!? We all remember that line from the film Jerry Maguire. Given that funds are becoming more readily available to help foster the adoption, implementation and use of information technology (IT) in the provision of health care, more and more health centers are doing their best Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. impressions. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=178 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=177 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:44:03 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: On July 13, 2010, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced her agency?s final regulations defining ?meaningful use? of electronic health records (EHR) and criteria that health providers must meet to qualify for incentive payments in support of EHR adoption. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=177 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=182 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:54:12 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: Perhaps the most striking similarity between health centers in Canada and the United States is that we don?t just see ourselves as health providers, but as part of a powerful movement for positive social change. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=182 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=181 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:42:09 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: Under the new health care reform paradigm, community health centers are being asked to provide a higher level of care for America?s medically underserved, including those who are uninsured and underinsured. For that reason, they will need to increase their number of providers and implement new methods to improve health care. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=181 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=180 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:12:34 EST Mon, 22 Nov 2010: While the calendar may say we are in the fall of 2010, Community Health Centers around the country have their collective eyes focused on 2014 when the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will begin to take effect. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=180 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=172 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:44 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: Health centers should not delay in conforming to the OIG?s compliance program guidances because there may not be adequate time to establish a compliance program by the effective date ultimately established by HHS. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=172 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=171 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:51:28 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: The new health reform law is expansive and in many aspects, provides for general policy guidelines for reform. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=171 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=170 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:40:56 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: In the course of the past year, health centers have faced enormous changes as the country struggled through an economic crisis and prepared for health reform. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=170 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=169 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:22:02 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: NACHC estimates that, with the new funding, health centers will expand to serve another 20 million people over the next five years. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=169 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=168 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:09:22 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: The coming months will leave no ?time out? for Community Health Centers. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=168 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=167 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:04:22 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: No matter how loud political pundits continue to shout for or against it, or the latest results of constantly shifting opinion polls ? judgment about whether the new health reform law was a good or bad idea will, in the end, be about how it personally affects each and every American. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=167 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=166 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:00:12 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: When Daisy L. Harris, President and CEO of West End Medical Center (WEMC) in Atlanta, GA, closes her office door for the last time this summer, there will be tears and memories of a career spanning 32 years of service. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=166 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=165 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:48:47 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: Planning is important for any organization, but it has become increasingly important for health centers in light of the recent passage of health care reform. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=165 http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=164 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:34:26 EST Mon, 19 Jul 2010: Over the last 25 years, foreign-born physicians have become an integral part of the medical workforce. Over 22 percent of active physicians in the United States are foreign-born graduates of international medical schools. http://www.nachc.com/magazine-article.cfm?MagazineArticleID=164