- ACA Implementation & State Health Reform
- Coverage and Access
- Federal/State Issues
- Medicaid and CHIP
- Population and Public Health
- Providers and Services
- Acute Care
- Assisted Living
- Behavioral Health
- Child Development Services
- Chronic Care Management
- Community Health Centers
- Developmental Screening
- Early Childhood Services
- EPSDT
- Family Planning
- Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Home & Community Based Services
- Long Term Services & Supports
- Medical Homes & Health Homes
- Mental Health
- Nursing Homes
- Oral Health
- Preventive Care
- Primary Care
- Safety Net Providers
- Quality, Cost, and Health System Performance
- ACOs
- Adverse Event Reporting
- Care Transitions
- Comparative Effectiveness
- Cost Sharing
- Delivery System Reform
- Fraud and Abuse
- Health Care Workforce
- Health Information Technology
- Managed Care
- Medical Homes & Health Homes
- Medical Malpractice
- Patient Safety
- Payment Reform
- Performance Measurement
- Provider Payment Policy
- Quality Oversight
- Specific Populations
- Adolescents
- Childless Adults
- Children
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Dual Eligibles
- Elders
- Families
- Low Income People
- Parents
- People with Chronic Conditions
- People with Developmental Disabilities
- Transitional Youth
- Vulnerable Populations
- Young Adults
- Youth
- Youth in Foster Care System
- Youth in Juvenile Justice System
While federally funded community health centers (CHCs) operate with strong federal direction, state health policy has substantial implications for CHCs, and state health policymakers have a variety of tools and levers with which to influence the role of health centers in state health systems. State policymakers and health centers need to understand the issues and have opportunities to exchange ideas about state health policy making as it affects health centers.
Since 2006, NASHP has been working with the federal Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) through a National Cooperative Agreement (NCA). The goal of the agreement is to better equip state policymakers with tools for informed decision-making about CHCs and access to primary health care.
Through the work under the NCA, NASHP is informing state policymakers about primary health care policy issues; highlighting states with strong relationships and policy supports for health centers; developing and disseminating analyses of key state and federal health policy issues affecting federal health centers; and creating forums for dialogue between state policymakers and health center representatives.
NASHP’s Cooperative Agreement work is guided and implemented by our State Primary Care and Health Policy Teams, along with advisors from among the members of the National Academy. The link to the map on this page provides more information about the state teams.
