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Telehealth Reimbursement (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document discusses changes to telehealth reimbursement, providing basic guidelines to navigate frequent changes in policy. More Details...

Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2018-2021 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report, prepared by Capital Link with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of rural Federally Qualified Health Centers. The report offers a framework for identifying the financial strengths, challenges, and benchmarks that support opportunities for rural FQHC performance improvement through an examination of multi-year trends and median results. (Released in 2023) More Details...

Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2018-2021 (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report, prepared with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration, provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of Federally Qualified Health Centers nationally from 2018 to 2022. (Released in 2022) More Details...

Decision Tree for Financing a Health Center Facility (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this session, we review our capital project financing Decision Tree resource and discuss all the key resources needed in getting your project on the road to success. More Details...

Guide to Attracting Funding Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Guide to Attracting Funding Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Needs will explore, from the community health center perspective, approaches to attract investments in SDOH that meet common, critical patient needs such as housing. More Details...

Mobile Health Care Learning Series: Safety and Security - Addressing External Risk Factors, Safety and Security – Addressing Internal Risk Factors, Models for Mobile Health Billing (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Mobile health care providers understand the value of meeting patients in their own environment on their own terms. However, this adaptability and flexibility must be supported by policies and procedures that ensure the safety and security of patients and staff in a trauma informed manner. Join us as we explore the mobile health safety and security concerns raised by our community partners and the strategies created to address these concerns and support the physical and mental health needs of patients and staff. More Details...

Telehealth Office Hours: Telehealth Reimbursement (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NACHC Telehealth Office Hours targets health center, PCA, and HCCN staff who have questions or want to share information about telehealth related policy and operational activities. In addition to updates and Q&A, each session will focus on a specific topic of concern. More Details...

Business Continuity Planning Interactive Learning Modules (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: These interactive learning modules are intended to provide community health centers and primary care associations with self-guided learning tools to create and/or improve their business continuity plans and programs. More Details...

Capital Financing Strategies for Rurally-Located Health Centers Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, we explore the financing strategies available to rurally-located health centers considering a capital expansion project. Various financing opportunities, including targeted programs such as the USDA, New Markets Tax Credits, and the HRSA Heath Center Facilities Loan Guarantee Program, are discussed. We also highlighted the recent capital expansion project of El Dorado Community Health Center (EDCHC), a rurally-located center serving several mountain communities in El Dorado County, CA. More Details...

Tips for Health Center Boards for Evaluating the Sliding Fee Discount Program (2022). Resource Type: Microlearning. Description: Health center boards are required to adopt, review and evaluate at least once every three years, and, as needed, approve updates to the Sliding Fee Discount Program as noted in Chapter 19: Board Authority in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program Compliance Manual. This short video provides tips on how boards can work with the health center CEO to evaluate and approve updates to the Sliding Fee Discount Program. It contains sample data and questions a board may wish to ask as part of this process. More Details...

Sliding Fee Discount Program: The Fundamentals for Health Center Boards (2022). Resource Type: Microlearning. Description: This short video outlines the fundamentals of the Sliding Fee Discount Program that is required under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program. This video is intended for health center boards and addresses the following topics: What is the Sliding Fee Discount Program and why is it important? What does a health center board need to know about the Sliding Fee Discount Program? Tips for boards related to the Sliding Fee Discount Program More Details...

Serving Veterans in Health Centers: Veterans and the Community Care Network (CCN): A Fact Sheet and Toolkit for FQHCs (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This 2-page fact sheet and comprehensive toolkit are designed to orient FQHC Administrators to the enrollment requirements and program benefits of the Community Care Network, administered by the US Veterans Health Administration. More Details...

Financing Decision Tree Model for Health Center Capital Projects (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Decision Tree resource is a visual map to aid in deciding which financing options would best suit your capital project requirements, that also provides a summary description of each. (Released 2022) More Details...

Primer on Health Center Pharmacy Operations (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The purpose of this resource is to orient new readers to pharmacy operations at health centers with a specific call-out section for the 340B program. Target audiences are health center C-Suite, Board Members, new health center 340B program staff, pharmacy leaders and new health center staff. More Details...

Manufacturer Restrictions on Contract Pharmacies (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NACHC Brief explains how Gilead’s new “Contract Pharmacy Integrity Initiative” leads to manufacturer restrictions which require health centers and other covered entities to provide claims-level data from contract pharmacies. Merck has recently included Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in their contract pharmacy restrictions when previously only hospital covered entities were impacted. Restrictions do not apply to in-house/entity owned pharmacies. More Details...

Pharmacy Models: An Introduction for Health Center Boards (2022). Resource Type: eLearning. Description: This short video is intended to provide board members with a high-level overview of various pharmacy models and some of the strategic considerations related to these models. More Details...

Addressing COVID-19’s Impact on Health Centers’ Finance and Operations and Response Planning for Future COVID-19 Outbreaks and Other Emergencies (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This learning collaborative guides participants through the challenges and solutions for addressing the financial and operational impacts of COVID-19 on health centers serving residents of public housing and other underserved communities, with an emphasis on applied response planning for future emergencies. More Details...

Leveraging Federal Recovery Money to Maintain and Expand Health Center Services and Partnerships: Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: States and localities have significant new funding via the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. This brief is part of a series that will describe in detail the SAMSHA funding sources, the differing processes by which funding becomes available at the state and local level, and the planning and stakeholder input process each funding stream requires before awarding or implementing funds. More Details...

Webinar: Health Centers' Experiences Utilizing the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides a discussion on lender and health center perspectives and experiences with the HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). We share updates and insights on the program using examples from health centers we’ve worked with that have successfully closed capital project financings using HRSA loan guarantees. Brandon Boyle, Director of Loan Programs at Capital Fund, our lending affiliate, discusses the process and experience of utilizing the HRSA LGP from the lender viewpoint. More Details...

Health Centers’ Experiences Utilizing the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Discussion on lender and health center perspectives and experiences with the HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). We share updates and insights on the program using examples from health centers we’ve worked with that have successfully closed capital project financings using HRSA loan guarantees. Brandon Boyle, Director of Loan Programs at Capital Fund, our lending affiliate, discusses the process and experience of utilizing the HRSA LGP from the lender viewpoint. More Details...