U.S. maternal deaths are on a problematic trajectory. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that mortality rose from 861 maternal deaths in 2020 to 1,205 maternal deaths in 2021, a 40% overall increase. Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. are, shockingly, at their highest level since 1965. The maternal health crisis is […]
Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary primary care model – the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model, a 10.5-year model that has the potential to result in significant cost savings for all community health centers across the network, allowing them to fulfill their mission as hyper-local health care […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a membership organization for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) focused on visionary policy and advocacy initiatives to drive the Health Center Program of the future and transform the nation’s health care system, will celebrate National Health Center Week (NHCW) from August 4 to 10, 2024 with a week […]
Molly Grady joined Advocates for Community Health (ACH) in July 2023 as ACH’s first director of policy and government affairs. She helps lead and execute ACH’s D.C.-based policy, advocacy strategy, and operations. These days, she stays busy at ACH with a lot of exciting things going on in the health center space on and off […]
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) is hosting its 2024 Annual Conference from August 4-7 in Washington, DC where hundreds of healthcare clinicians, administrators, advocates, and public health leaders with an interest in expanding access to care and improving healthcare delivery for medically underserved populations will unite. Advocates for Community Health (ACH) members […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Advocates for Community Health (ACH) and UnitedHealthcare are announcing a call for applications from community health centers for the Community Health Entrepreneur Challenge. In a second round of funding, two community health centers will receive $100,000 each over one year to invest in innovations in technology and effective patient care. ACH membership is a […]
On June 17, 2024, Advocates for Community Health (ACH) launched Phase 2 of the Community Health Entrepreneur Challenge under our ongoing, multi-year collaboration with UnitedHealthcare Community & State. To date, this collaboration has awarded $2.5 million in grant funding to support community health centers across the U.S. ACH’s Director of Programs & Engagement Liezl Perez […]
Yesterday, Advocates for Community Health (ACH) hosted an important discussion, open to all community health centers (CHCs) and other stakeholders, on the latest federal 340B policy and reform. ACH, a national membership organization, is dedicated to visionary policy and advocacy initiatives that aim to effect positive change across the Health Center Program and the nation’s […]
340C was designed by community health center officials to benefit health centers and other covered entities, while also answering the call for greater transparency in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. ACH’s 340C legislative proposal does not favor one type of covered entity over another; all are welcome to opt in in order to gain protections […]
Hospital groups have dismissed the Bucshon bill, with 340B Health’s Testoni calling it “the legislative version of a pharmaceutical industry wish list,” and arguing it would gut the program. “The 340B Access Act is a nonstarter,” said Aimee Kuhlman, vice president of advocacy and grassroots at the AHA. “It’s really hard to negotiate when one […]