Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is gravely concerned that progress on the continuing resolution and year-end package has stalled and urges congressional leaders to find a solution to the current impasse. The legislative package now on hold contains two years of mandatory funding for community health centers. ACH urges Congress to include this provision for […]
Following yesterday’s release of the continuing resolution and year-end package, Advocates for Community Health (ACH) applauds Congressional leaders for including policies that will help health centers continue to provide coordinated, innovative primary care to rural and underserved communities nationwide. These policies will make a real difference to health centers, their patients, and communities. Among the […]
WASHINGTON – Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a nonpartisan membership organization for federally qualified health centers working to advance forward-thinking health policies, sent a letter to Congress on Friday urging Congressional leadership to include community health center funding and legislation in any end-of-year legislation package. In a communication to U.S. House and Senate leadership, ACH […]
“There’s so much evidence of the value and the return that health centers bring. The Teaching Health Center program is more recent, but for the National Health Service Corps and the Health Center program specifically, we have decades of evidence of the impact — clinically and economically,” Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—a member-led organization for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) with a mission to meaningfully impact federal policy—is working with UnitedHealthcare Community & State to address these challenges and harness the insights, vision and innovation of ACHs members and leadership. Together, we are launching a three-year plan to empower FQHC leaders to drive change in their communities.
Advocates for Community Health, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, and the American Association of Teaching Health Centers will host an urgent virtual press briefing next week as funding for key programs is set to expire on March 8, 2024. WASHINGTON – Join Advocates for Community Health (ACH), the Association of Clinicians for the […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—a member-led organization for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) with a mission to meaningfully impact federal policy—is working with UnitedHealthcare Community & State to address these challenges and harness the insights, vision and innovation of ACHs members and leadership. Together, we are launching a three-year plan to empower FQHC leaders to drive change in their communities.
Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—a member-led organization for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) with a mission to meaningfully impact federal policy—is working with UnitedHealthcare Community & State to address these challenges and harness the insights, vision and innovation of ACHs members and leadership. Together, we are launching a three-year plan to empower FQHC leaders to drive change in their communities.
WASHINGTON – Advocates for Community Health calls on the House of Representatives to pass the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, bipartisan legislation that provides a significant increase for the Community Health Center Fund, which must be reauthorized by January 19. This bill will be considered by the House next week. This legislation reauthorizes the Community Health Center […]
WASHINGTON – As community health centers nationwide brace for their Congressional funding to expire on November 17, Advocates for Community Health (ACH)—a member-driven organization working to advance forward-thinking federal policies—led more than 500 health care organizations in urging Congress to fund the Community Health Center (CHC) Reauthorization at $5.8 billion per year for three years. […]