Improving Revenue Cycle Operations for a Free Clinic in Texas

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: Client Spotlight, Technical Assistance
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El Milagro Clinic is a single-site, non-profit health center that provides access to primary care, behavioral health, women’s health care, and wraparound services to the Rio Grande Valley (TX) community, regardless of their capacity to pay. PCDC worked with El Milagro Clinic to identify which exchange plans El Milagro Clinic is contracted with, discuss billing …

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Building Private Practice Financial Literacy and Revenue Cycle Management Capacity: Lessons from PCDC’s 2022 Financial Management Learning Collaborative

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: Client Spotlight, Technical Assistance
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Beginning in the Fall of 2022 and with a grant from the New York Community Trust, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) led a Financial Management Collaborative to support eleven small, New York metro area independent provider practices to improve their financial literacy (knowledge and confidence on the drivers of their financial position) and business operations. …

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The American Rescue Plan Act and FQHCs: An Opportunity to Bolster Much Needed Primary Care Access

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: Investment, PCDC News, Policy, Technical Assistance
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With the recent passing of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and provider organizations will receive funding from the federal government. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will allocate over $6 billion to Health Center Program award recipients. Additional funding for FQHC Look-Alikes, Health Center Controlled Networks and …

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In Conversation with a Pioneer: Dr. Jack Geiger

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: PCDC News
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Today community health centers serve 27 million patients at 10,000 sites across the country — all based on a concept that Dr. Jack Geiger created in the 1960s in rural Mississippi. At the Founders Reception on November 16, PCDC saluted Dr. Geiger for his pioneering work and lifelong insistence that health care is a basic …

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