“One group desperately hoping Congress acts is community health centers, who were some of the original intended beneficiaries of 340B,” writes Michael McAuliff at Modern Healthcare. “Advocates had hoped to see a final draft of the SUSTAIN Act ahead of National Health Center Week in Washington this week. ‘The program has begun to narrow over […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is tirelessly advocating and urging federal policymakers to ensure that America’s largest network of primary care providers can continue caring for more than 31 million patients annually in underserved communities. This will require proper funding and resources to position community health centers (CHCs) at the core of the healthcare system. […]
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 […]