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About Dr. H. Jack Geiger and Dr. Count Gibson

WEBDr. Count Gibson was a social justice activist and pioneer of early health centers. At the beginning of Geiger’s search for community health center funding, Gibson was the …

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Federal Grants are Essential to Community Health Centers

WEBCommunity health centers (CHCs) are the nation’s largest primary health care system for medically underserved communities and populations. In 2021, CHCs …

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70. Strengthening Community Health Centers’ Role in Early …

WEBWhat We Know About the Effectiveness of Child Development. Childhood development services consist of several basic components: ongoing assessments of physical and …

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Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Milken Institute …

WEBEstablished in 2004, the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health is named in honor of Drs. H. Jack Geiger and Count Dillon Gibson, pioneers in community health practice …

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Data Note: Three in Four Community Health Centers Are Engaged …

WEBBackground. From their earliest days, community health centers have been designed to address the social determinants of health (SDoH) by bridging patient-level …

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The Potential Effect of Medicaid Unwinding on Community Health …

WEBBackground. In order to provide relief from the health and economic harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act …

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Community Health Center Funding Needed to Preserve and …

WEBWhile CHCs rely on a mix of revenue streams to cover the cost of health care services, federal CHC grants remain essential. These grants are intended to cover the …

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Policy Brief Series Geiger Gibson Program The George …

WEBReporting on the findings of an in depth study in 12 sates, the Geiger Gibson Program explores the shift by community health centers to value based and alternative …

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Community Health Center Financing: The Role of Medicaid and …

WEBSince their 1965 beginning as a small War on Poverty experiment, community health centers have matured into a principal part of the health system for thousands of …

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Program Faculty & Staff

WEBFeygele Jacobs. Feygele Jacobs, DrPH, MS, MPH serves as Director of the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health and Professor of Health Policy and Management.Prior to …

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Community Health Centers in Financial Jeopardy Without …

WEBCommunity health centers (CHCs) are the backbone of the primary care safety net, providing care to all regardless of ability to pay. In 2022, health centers …

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One Year After Medicaid Unwinding Began, Community Health …

WEBThis Study . This study goes behind the impact data to more deeply understand how Medicaid loss is affecting health centers and their patients. To conduct …

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Community Health Centers’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

WEBSince January 2021, community health centers have reported that nearly 9 million patients initiated vaccination, almost 8.5 million completed their vaccine series, and more than …

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69. Community Health Centers Making the Move to Value-Based …

WEBInterviews with PCAs and CHCs in twelve case study states revealed that health centers participate in a variety of VBP models. Participation in these models is spurred by …

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Puerto Rico’s Community Health Centers

WEBGeiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative 7 As shown in Figure 1, in 2016, health centers provided over 1.53 million visits for medical, dental, …

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The Value Proposition: Evidence of the Health and Economic

WEBCapital Link estimated that, in 2014, health centers accounted for 170,000 jobs in health centers plus 169,000 more in other sectors. Collectively, they generated …

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The State of Recovery: An Update on Community Health …

WEBGeiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative 5 NOTE: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. SOURCE: GW analysis of data …

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71. Braidwood Management v Becerra Could Eliminate Three …

WEBThe U.S. faces major maternal and infant health challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2020, the US infant mortality rate …

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