This episode explores the patterns behind common FQHC leadership challenges and what drives long-term health center financial sustainability, with real examples from CEOs navigating growth and stability.
Beyond the headlines from the NACHC P&I Forum, this post unpacks what the funding increase really means — and why operational discipline, Medicare growth, and workforce strategy matter more than ever.
Funding uncertainty has always been part of the FQHC landscape. What determines whether a health center weathers those shifts isn’t the headlines themselves, but the business model underneath them. In this post, FQHC Associates shares a long-standing perspective on financial sustainability — illustrated by a recent podcast conversation with a former FQHC CEO.
As immigration enforcement rises in many communities, FQHCs are facing new challenges at the intersection of safety, access, and mission. In this powerful conversation, Steve Weinman—Principal at FQHC Associates, Founder of FQHC Connect, Co-Founder of the FQHC CEO Connect Bootcamp, and former CEO of an FQHC serving a large migrant population—breaks down what health centers need to know about ICE activity and how to protect patients and staff.
As immigration enforcement rises in many communities, FQHCs are facing new challenges at the intersection of safety, access, and mission. In this powerful conversation, Steve Weinman—Principal at FQHC Associates, Founder of FQHC Connect, Co-Founder of the FQHC CEO Connect Bootcamp, and former CEO of an FQHC serving a large migrant population—breaks down what health centers need to know about ICE activity and how to protect patients and staff.
As I write this update about the status of the Federal FQHC funding cliff, Congress is in the process of voting to reopen the Government, with health centers still left in uncharted territory.
It is generally agreed that Federal funds will again flow in time, at near traditional levels. However, the way you manage these three key areas now may impact your level of success once Congress regains its direction.
On October 19, 2017, HRSA announced nearly $282 million in awards to primary health care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs.
In 1965, the Community Health Center (CHC) Program began with two clinics. Over 52 years, this number has increased to nearly 1,400 health centers, with 10,400 delivery sites. Obviously, with that number of delivery locations, health centers have a vast impact on the health of our nation’s communities.
The United States is experiencing a wave of an aging population. Warmly referred to as the Silver Tsunami, the population of seniors (65 and over) in the US has passed 50 million for the first time in history and is projected to reach over 70 million in the next 25 years[1].
Teaching hospitals and FQHCs can partner to alleviate community healthcare provider shortages and reduce training costs.
Innovative healthcare leaders sometimes need to make unorthodox connections. Such is the case with a partnership that some organizations have been part of since the 1970s—a connection between teaching hospitals and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) that offers financial advantages to both.
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