Community Health Centers
Reminder: UDS+ Reporting Requirements Begin February 18
As a reminder, the new Uniform Data System (UDS+) reporting requirements go into effect on February 18, 2025. These changes require health centers to submit some de-identified 2024 UDS patient-level data using Health Level Seven International (HL7)-developed Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) R4 standards. To help you navigate these updates, we previously published a detailed […]
Maximizing Medicaid Reimbursement for Colorado FQHCs
Colorado’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) play a crucial role in bridging healthcare gaps for underserved and rural communities, providing access to essential services where other options are scarce. Yet managing Medicaid reimbursement remains a complex endeavor where health centers must navigate unique state protocols, changing cost structures, and operational pressures. By aligning financial strategies […]
Streamlining Operations: How Modern ERP Systems Solve Inefficiencies and Drive Growth
In this article: Complex nonprofits, especially multi-service health and human services agencies, face the daunting task of managing diverse programs, complex funding streams, and stringent compliance requirements. Fragmented systems and disjointed processes can compound these challenges, leading to inefficiencies and increased administrative workloads. The implementation of a well-designed enterprise resource planning (ERP) system offers a […]
Navigating New York Medicaid Reimbursement: A Strategic Approach for FQHCs
Like many Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the country, New York’s centers are grappling with increasingly constrained budgets and rising staffing costs, making Medicaid reimbursements more critical than ever to sustaining their services. New York’s Medicaid system offers a key opportunity, providing FQHCs with the ability to apply for supplemental payments that cover costs […]
Seven Ways to Improve Health Center Financial Stability
Health centers are challenged with post-pandemic funding cuts, inflation, and difficulties attracting and retaining top talent amid a competitive hiring market. These factors strain operating budgets, making it necessary to adopt a proactive and strategic financial management approach. AAFCPAs advises that Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) clients evaluate their financial health and operational efficiencies, focusing […]
New UDS+ Reporting Requirements Announced for Health Centers
Health centers have long been required to submit a Uniform Data System (UDS) report to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) by February 15 each year. However, AAFCPAs would like to ensure FQHC clients are aware HRSA introduced a new requirement, the UDS+ filing due by April 30, 2025, for calendar year 2024 data. […]
AAFCPAs Celebrates 2024 National Health Center Week
Each August, National Health Center Week aims to promote awareness of America’s 1,400 Community Health Centers (CHCs), which act as a beacon of strength, service, and care within our communities. Across the country, CHCs support 500,000 direct and indirect jobs, create nearly $85 billion in economic output, and save our nation’s health system billions of […]
Urgent: 2023 Cost Report Submission Deadline for Massachusetts Community Health Centers
AAFCPAs would like to make Massachusetts Community Health Centers aware that the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has announced it is now collecting cost reports for the fiscal year ending in 2023. Initial communication and instructions indicate 2023 cost reports are due on August 26, 2024, regardless of fiscal year end date. The […]
Grants for Mental Health Centers, Applications Due July 19
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) announced the establishment of time-limited supplemental payments to eligible providers enrolled with MassHealth as mental health centers (MHCs). With a July 19th deadline to apply, AAFCPAs advises that clients not delay. Grant Eligibility Eligibility for […]