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Improving primary care access for the most vulnerable New Yorkers
Improving primary care access for the most vulnerable New Yorkers
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- New York State Health Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : New York State Health Foundation, February 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Services Accessibility
Primary Health Care
Vulnerable Populations
New York
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- From the Foundation's beginning, NYSHealth has been committed to preserving and expanding access to primary care for New Yorkers. One of the first grants NYSHealth made was to the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) in 2007 to connect more immigrants to community health centers. CHCANYS works to ensure that all New Yorkers have access to high-quality health care services, regardless of their ability to pay--helping to define new, innovative directions in primary care delivery at nearly 70 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in New York State that provide primary care to more than 2 million patients each year. Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010, nearly 1 million New Yorkers have gained health care coverage--requiring expanded primary care capacity across the State both to care for the newly insured and to ensure a strong safety net for those who remain uninsured. Even before the ACA became law, however, New York State was struggling with a chronic shortage of primary care clinicians to care for its most vulnerable populations. NYSHealth has long recognized the difficulties of providing quality health care in areas that are medically underserved and whose residents may be low income and lack insurance coverage. To that end, NYSHealth has made significant investments over the years, including multiple grants to CHCANYS, to help meet the demand for high-quality primary care, control costs, and provide opportunities for primary care providers to practice innovative care delivery models for high-need populations.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101770903 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101770903