CHAMPS UDS Infographics
Below are annual infographics outlining how the ACA affected insurance coverage at Region VIII Community Health Centers.
2018 UDS Infographic
2017 UDS Infographic
2016 UDS Infographic
2015 UDS Infographic
2014 UDS Infographic
Enroll America
Document that highlights the crucial role Health Centers play in outreach and enrollment, especially to vulnerable populations, as health coverage opportunities are expanded (September 2012)
Health Centers’ Important Role in Outreach and Enrollment
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Best practice examples of outreach and enrollment assistance lessons learned and promising practices identified by health centers and primary care associations through health center quarterly progress reports and primary care association updates (February 2016)
HRSA Health Center Outreach and Enrollment (O/E) Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
Information about funding, appropriate roles for outreach and enrollment staff, and specific information about what staff members can and cannot do during outreach and enrollment activities (Updated October 2016)
HRSA Health Center Outreach and Enrollment Assistance Supplemental Funding Frequently Asked Questions
Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy at The George Washington University/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative
Issue brief which argues that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) facilitated the rapid growth of community health centers, allowing them to reach millions of new patients nationwide. It concludes that this expansion of accessible, community-based health care represents one of the law’s greatest achievements (March 2020)
Community Health Centers Ten Years After the Affordable Care Act: A Decade of Progress and the Challenges Ahead
Policy brief that assesses how state policies on ACA implementation (regarding Medicaid expansion and Navigator laws) affect the success of outreach and enrollment programs at health centers (January 2014)
Assessing the Potential Impact of State Policies on Community Health Centers’ Outreach and Enrollment Activities
Policy brief that analyzes the effect of federal and state policy decisions on the capacity of community health centers to meet future health care needs (November 2013)
How Medicaid Expansions and Future Community Health Center Funding Will Shape Capacity to Meet the Nation’s Primary Care Needs
Policy brief that estimates the number of uninsured community health center patients who would gain coverage under the ACA Medicaid Expansion and where the most people would not gain coverage because of states’ decisions to opt out of the expansion (October 2013)
Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: A Nationwide and State-by-State Analysis
Kaiser Family Foundation
Issue brief and executive summary on how the ACA will affect Health Centers (March 2013)
Community Health Centers in an Era of Health Reform: An Overview and Key Challenges to Health Center Growth
National Academy for State Health Policy
Report detailing the role of CHCs and PCAs in ACA implementation, using Kentucky and Montana as examples (October 2015)
Health Centers’ Role in Affordable Care Act Outreach and Enrollment: Experience from Kentucky and Montana
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Table that documents the number and percent of uninsured living within health center core service areas (February 2014)
Health Centers and the Estimated Uninsured by Eligibility for Medicaid or Marketplace Subsidies (2007-2011)
Cartoon video on how health centers are an important piece of the Affordable Care Act (October 2013)
The Affordable Care Act and Your Community Health Center
RCHN Community Health Foundation
Report detailing the effect of the ACA on payor mix at community health centers nationally, using UDS data (September 2015)
How Has the Affordable Care Act Benefitted Medically Underserved Communities? National Findings from the 2014 Community Health Centers Uniform Data System
Click HERE to view an infographic summarizing the report
Report on how Medicaid expansion and CHC funding will affect the future of primary care (June 2014)
How Medicaid Expansions and Future Community Health Center Funding Will Shape Capacity to Meet the Nation’s Primary Care Needs: A 2014 Update
Report on how the ACA will affect CHC patients across the country (May 2014)
Assessing the Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Community Health Center Patients: An Update