
Official: New Mobile Health Unit Will Bring Care To 40 CT Communities | CT News Junkie
Eastern Connecticut is about to get an unusual example that sometimes less really is more, as a new mobile health care unit takes to the streets.

Eastern Connecticut is about to get an unusual example that sometimes less really is more, as a new mobile health care unit takes to the streets.
Hundreds of health care professionals all gathered in Bridgeport Tuesday to talk about how best to serve the toughest patients: people without a home.

This week of recognition coincides with National Health Center Week, celebrated August 3–9.

A network of 17 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in Connecticut, including three in the Northwest Corner towns of North Canaan, Winsted and Torrington, will receive a long-awaited funding boost in Medicaid reimbursement rates to the tune of $80 million over the next three years.

Governor’s comments come days after HHS said federal funding could not be used to serve undocumented immigrants

Connecticut’s community health centers are backing off on a pledge to sue the state and may restore some services thanks to a boost in funding in the state’s new budget.

Community health leaders say Trump administration’s ban on funding care for undocumented immigrants is sowing confusion

Even before the recent federal bill that cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, Charter Oak Health Center wasn’t exactly swimming in money.

One of the biggest HUSKY providers are federally qualified health centers, serving an estimated 25% of the state’s Medicaid population, said Shawn Frick, chief executive officer for the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut.

Community Health & Wellness Center’s North Canaan location recently was featured on WFSB’s Good Day CT.