Assessing and addressing legal barriers to the clinical integration of community health centers and other community providers

Assessing and addressing legal barriers to the clinical integration of community health centers and other community providers

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Rosenbaum, Sara
Zakheim, Marcie H.
Leifer, Jacqueline C.
Golde, Michael D.
Schulte, Jillanne M.
Margulies, Ross.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2011]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Community Health Centers -- legislation & jurisprudence
Community-Institutional Relations -- legislation & jurisprudence
Cooperative Behavior
Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
United States.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Collaborations that clinically integrate community health centers with hospitals, providers, and/or public health agencies have yielded substantial benefits for patients, including an expansion of services and increased access to medical information. These types of collaborations are expected to increase as health centers expand with the $11 billion in funding the Affordable Care Act provides them. However, the laws and policies governing collaborations between health centers and their partners are complex and failure to comply with them may lead to a loss of federal funding as well as the revocation of important legal protections for health centers. This report outlines that laws and policies that govern clinical collaborations and profiles health centers that have worked within the law to develop partnerships that benefit patients while still adhering to the health centers' core mission, which is to assure health care for all patients regardless of insurance coverage.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101570076 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101570076