Community Health Care Association of New York State

A statement from CHCANYS' Board Chair LaVonne Ansari: I CAN’T BREATHE, BUT ONE DAY WE WILL BREATHE TOGETHER Community Health Centers are comprehensive primary care providers that began during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. They were started at a time of unrest to help fight the war on poverty and oppression in underserved communities. Now here we are in 2020 and we’re still fighting the same fight a fight that has gone on too long and has created decades of pent-...up anger, suffering, and the rage we are seeing now. As the board chair of the Community Health Care Association of New York State, the CEO of the Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc., and an African American woman, educator, and advocate for justice living in these troubling times, I want to ensure that everyone fighting today in protest for George Floyd’s death and all those who have come before him know that WE STAND WITH YOU. As human beings, we are the greatest creation on earth. This is a time when our human excellence must rise up and denounce beliefs, behaviors, movements, and policies designed to oppress our natural instincts. It is time to treat each other with respect and dignity. As primary care providers, we have the responsibility to support underserved communities, and we are obligated to stand up and share our voices through our work. While we are not exempt from the institutional racism that plagues our health care system, we must serve as essential change-agents at this time. We must start with ourselves as leaders in this movement. We have the will to guide, educate, and build new infrastructures based on an anti-racism framework. Now, we must stand ready to work with everyone at all levels, to encourage inclusivity within our communities, and lead in addressing social economic injustices in our systems. We know that after difficulty, comes ease. In this moment, we have an opportunity to envision a new reality of justice for all with the proper guidance, actions, language, and the spirit to breathe together. WE STAND WITH YOU. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

This is not about one organization and its particular issues and survival, said Wendy Stark, executive director of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, which operates health centers in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn and specializes in LGBTQ heath care. This is about access to health care for the most vulnerable communities across the state. #ValueCHCs #Save340B

A behind the scenes look at preps for #CHCANYS20. Will we see you 11/9-10? Our first all virtual conference offers amazing content at an affordable price, featuring keynote Donna Brazile! Click here for more info: https://web.cvent.com//94301d0e-09e3-4c17-bd7d-9c25a790c341

Sign up today for the CHCANYS Compliance and Risk Management Academy -- a year-long intensive learning initiative for health center professionals working in the areas of compliance and risk management. Our partners at Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP will guide participants through a four-part series of web-based interactive meetings. Click here for more info: https://web.cvent.com//32a4690a-bbea-47a6-a2f5-87/summary

Learn more about the economic and racial disparities in healthcare and how #CHCs are working to reimagine the healthcare delivery system by RSVP'ing for this important Town Hall. #ValueCHCs

These grants will provide some welcome economic relief to safety net dental programs across New York State as people return to get overdue dental care. We thank DentaQuest for recognizing and helping to meet these communities’ needs. -Rose Duhan, CHCANYS President and CEO #ValueCHCs

A big shout out to our #CHCs, recipients of more than $6.5M in HRSA Health Center Quality Improvement Grant Awards! Special congratulations to Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Community Healthcare Network, and Cornerstone Family Healthcare - three of only 65 Health Centers NATIONWIDE designated as National Quality Leaders! #ValueCHCs! Total Funding to New York... Clinical Quality Improvers: 29 health centers received awards totaling $860,983 Health Center Quality Leaders: 17 health centers received awards totaling $1,097,411 National Quality Leaders: 3 health centers received awards totaling $336,510 Access Enhancers: 14 health centers received awards totaling $201,250 Value Enhancers: 1 health centers received awards totaling $40,250 Health Disparities Reducers: 11 health centers received awards totaling $332,350 Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality: 58 health centers received awards totaling $516,200 Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition: 60 health centers received awards totaling $3,160,000 See more

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Fill out the 2020 Census by October 31 and #GetCountedNY! The whole thing is roughly 10 questions and only takes a few minutes. It can be filled out by anyone in your household to include everyone who lives there. Completing the survey ensures that your community gets the federal funding it deserves - including health care funding for things like Community Health Centers! Click the link to find out how you can do your part and get counted over the phone, online, or by mail.

Congratulations to Dr. Luis Freddy Molano, Community Healthcare Network's VP of Infectious Diseases and LGBTQ Programs and Services and co-chair of Community Health Care Association of New York State's HIV/HCV/STI subcommittee - nominated by Governor Andrew Cuomo and confirmed by the NYS Senate to the New York State Minority Health Council.

"It is important to think about how telehealth can promote integration of behavioral health and primary care, and how that's really been important during the pandemic," said Rose Duhan, president & CEO of CHCANYS. #ValueCHCs