Resources

New Reports Examine the Financial and Operational Trends of California Health Centers

Capital Link announces the release of an updated statewide financial and operational profile and an analysis of the financial sustainability of rural health centers in Northeastern California. These resources, sponsored by Blue Shield of California Foundation, highlight data trends in an effort to identify opportunities to ensure financial sustainability, particularly given the changing nature of the healthcare landscape. We are scheduling webinars in June to review key findings from these studies. Stay tuned for more information!

California Community Health Centers: Financial & Operational Performance Analysis, 2011-2014 updates Capital Link’s statewide, multi-year financial and operational profile to promote performance improvement. Click here to download the report.

Analysis of the Financial Sustainability of Rural Health Centers in Northeastern California sheds light on the unique challenges confronting frontier and rural health centers and offers ideas for strengthening operations. Click here to download the report.

New NACHC Research Department Resources

Staffing the Safety Net: Building the Primary Care Workforce at America’s Health Centers: This new report presents results from NACHC's recent national health center survey of health center clinical vacancies, hiring priorities, and recruitment and retention experiences. If all health center clinical vacancies were filled today, health centers could serve two million more patients. Click here to access the report.

Updated State Fact Sheets: NACHC’s recently updated fact sheets provide a brief overview of what health centers are, the most important state-level data available on health center patients, services provided, staff, patient visits, and costs of care. A national profile is also available. Click here and find your state on the map at the bottom of the page. Find NACHC fact sheets and infographic here.

Find summaries of research articles related to different community health center topics—quality of care, improving access to care, and cost-effectiveness—here.

Coming Soon from Capital Link: 

• Spotlight on Capital Resources: New Markets Tax Credit Program Update 2 (Publication)
• Predictive Analytics: An Overview for Health Centers (Publication) 
• Creating a Culture that Sustains a Patient-Centered Medical Home (Publication)
• Informing the Development of a Patient-Centered Medical Home Facility (Publication)