Flu Season Hits Plateau The 2018 flu season appears to have hit a plateau after a particularly virulent season. According to the Arizona Department of Health report, there have been over 22,917 reported cases of flu in the state and 461 pneumonia and influenza deaths. This represents a represent a small proportion of the true…
Congress Passes 2-Year Community Health Center Funding Bipartison Budget Includes CHC Funding Following a brief government shutdown, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package that included two years of funding for Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program. Congress had failed to reauthorize the…
Community Healthcare Funding at Risk More than 645,000 patients are served by Community Health Care Centers in Arizona but they have been dealing with considerable uncertainty and stress since Congress failed to reauthorize the Community Health Center Fund and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which expired September 29, 2017. After 114 days without a…