«While the number of uninsured Americans is going down across the nation thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured or underinsured patients seeking
care at community health centers continues to grow,» says Feygele Jacobs, president and CEO of the RCHN Community Health Foundation.
«We are the part of the team that makes everything run efficiently and smoothly,» says Natasha Quinn, senior medical
assistant at Community Health Center Inc. «We can be sure that the patients are getting the best care during their visit thanks to the communication between our teams and the knowledge that we have as MAs.»
When not searching for new homes for the school, she works as a
midwife at a community health center in the East Bay, where she enjoys working with women and teaching the next generation of midwives.
Although the initiative reached a limited geographic population, the HER Salt Lake team hopes to take this study further to increase access for women through provider training and
stocking at community health centers and rural clinics.
«By freeing - up these scarce federal dollars, women who need healthcare will be able to obtain a range of
services at community health centers, hospitals, primary care physicians and other organizations,» said Arina Grossu, director of the Family Research Council's Center for Human Dignity.
Washington, DC — Planned Parenthood Federation of America today applauded the passage of legislation to make birth control affordable again for millions of women who obtain
contraceptives at community health centers and college clinics.
The funds are coming through the Affordable Care Act and they'll be
used at community health centers, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services said Thursday.
This is one of the first papers examining the integration of behavioral and medical
care at community health centers, and this paper is the first to address policy barriers including same - day billing restrictions.
«I have seen the important work that goes on
at community health centers in Massachusetts: in Lowell, Lawrence, Gardner, and Fitchburg,» U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas said in a statement.
A new analysis by a team led by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) examines factors affecting the integration of mental health and substance abuse treatment services with medical care
at community health centers.