Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and the Health Center Program – Resources

Cost-Sharing as a Barrier to Accessing Care at FQHCs and RHCs for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
Results of a national study investigating cost barriers, using data acquired after enactment of the Affordable Care Act and viewed from perspectives other than ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations. Features statistics including descriptive data of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) from the study sample, with breakdowns by rural and urban location.
Author(s): Alex R. Schulte, George H. Pink, Mark Holmes, Denise Kirk
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Health Center Operational Site Visit (OSV)
Video intended to help Federally Qualified Health Centers prepare for the operational site visit (OSV). Includes updates from the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and answers to frequently asked questions about OSVs.
Date: 04/2019
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Case Studies of 6 Safety Net Organizations That Integrate Oral and Mental/Behavioral Health With Primary Care Services
Features an analysis of 6 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) integrating oral health and behavioral health with primary care across the country. Features one rural example.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): M. Langelier, S. Surdu, N. Goodwin
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health Workforce Research Center
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Eye Health Needs: Preserving the Eyesight of Rural and Underserved Populations
Explains the importance of vision care in health and describes how rural vision care can be improved to increase quality of life and prevent disability in rural patients. Features a rural Federally Qualified Health Center that has added eye care to its services and a vision van that provides care in underserved communities.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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HUD Policy Brief: Understanding the Impact and Potential for Health Centers - Rural Homelessness
Provides information to help health centers connect people experiencing rural homelessness with housing and services. Summarizes challenges to ending rural homelessness and efforts of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) addressing rural homelessness.
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Corporation for Supportive Housing
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Medicaid Payment Policy for Federally Qualified Health Centers
Describes the role of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Medicaid, and highlights current policy issues related to Medicaid FQHC payment. Also discusses the Medicaid FQHC prospective payment system (PPS), alternative payment methodologies, how FQHCs participate in managed care networks, and states' desire for increased flexibility in setting FQHC payment rates.
Date: 12/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
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Assessing Community Health Center (CHC) Assets and Capabilities for Recruiting Physicians: The CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire
Describes the evaluation instrument, CHC Community Apgar Questionnaire (CHC CAQ), developed for Idaho CHCs to use in physician recruitment with a focus on rural areas.
Author(s): Edward Baker, David Schmitz, Sean Wasden, Lisa MacKenzie
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2179
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
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Health Center Program GeoCare Navigator
Interactive mapping tool to assist applicants to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) New Access Point, Service Area Competition, Look-Alike, or Change in Scope funding opportunities within the Health Center Program. Enables users to conduct research, explore service areas, access basic information on health centers and other relevant data. Offers map layers reflecting select population and uniform data set (UDS) data.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Health Center Workforce Well-Being Survey Dashboard
Presents survey data collected between November 2022 and January 2023 from approximately half of health centers nationwide. Covers drivers and outcomes measures of health center workforce well-being, including job satisfaction, engagement, burnout, and intention to stay. Allows user to filter by health center size, rural or urban status, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Telehealth for FQHCs/RHCs: Video Resource Library
Offers videos on topics relevant to telehealth implementation for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Topics address telehealth readiness, marketing, selecting service providers, process improvement, and documenting workflows. Also, covers telehealth in primary care and dentistry, school-based telehealth, and diabetes prevention, screening and education services. Transcripts are available in the video descriptions.
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers
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