Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

Current Projects

• Payer Mix of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers
  This project will assess the payer mix of the more than 5,000 Rural Health Clinics and 1,400 Federally Qualified Health Center grantees throughout the country. The analysis will include assessing trends overtime and across types and ownership for RHCs and across regions for FQHCs.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare, Private health insurance, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Uninsured and underinsured
  
• Rural-based Accountable Care Organizations Accepting Downside Risk
  The RUPRI Center will update its studies of rural provider participation in accountable care organizations, including differences between those who exit the program, those who remain, and those who enter. In particular, this project will address participation decisions made after a rule change in July 2019 that requires conversion to two-sided risk.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Health reform, Hospitals and clinics, Legislation and regulation, Medicare
  
• Usual Source of Primary Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Before and During COVID-19
  The global pandemic was highly disruptive to existing health care use patterns, potentially affecting rural America more than urban communities. This study will describe the usual sources of primary care (USC) for rural Medicare beneficiaries before and during COVID-19 to provide insight into how COVID-19 affected USC of Medicare beneficiaries.
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Healthcare access, Hospitals and clinics, Medicare, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)