America's Community Health Centers Convene for National Conference in Washington.New White House Health Czar, New Head of HRSA HRSA Health Resources & Services Administration (US) HRSA Historical Radio Society of Australia HRSA Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety HRSA Hotel and Restaurant Suppliers Association (Canada) to Speak WASHINGTON -- Third graph, first sentence of release should read: Speakers include Mary Wakefield... (sted Speakers include Nancy-Ann DeParle, head of the recently established White House Office of Health Reform, as well as Mary Wakefield...). The corrected release reads: AMERICA'S COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS CONVENE FOR NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON New White House Health Czar, New Head of HRSA to Speak The 2009 Policy and Issues Forum, hosted by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC NACHC National Association of Community Health Centers (Washington DC, USA) ), is scheduled to kick off this week. The 34rd annual national conference is the largest Washington gathering of federally supported Community Health Centers, which serve more than 18 million patients nationwide. The conference brings together thousands of health center leaders, opinion-makers, policy experts, clinicians and consumers to dialogue on access to affordable health care. The conference comes as demand for health center services is rising from people who have lost jobs and their employer-sponsored health insurance during the economic downturn. Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, health centers are expanding primary care services to reach people in need and creating jobs in economically deprived communities. Speakers include Mary Wakefield, who was tapped by President Obama to run the Health Resources and Services Administration The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services whose goal is to improve access to health care for those without insurance. - the agency within the Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS that oversees the Federal Health Centers program. Other conference events include award ceremonies honoring select Members of Congress, education sessions on a host of health policy issues and an exhibit hall. For a complete listing of conference events please visit www.nachc.com.
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The NACHC 2009 Policy & Issues Forum
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Grand Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW,
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March 24-29, 2009
Founded in 1970, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. whose mission is to enhance and expand access to quality, community-responsive health care for America's medically underserved and uninsured. NACHC represents the nation's network of over 1,200 Federally Qualified Health Centers A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is an American community-based health organization. An FQHC provides comprehensive primary health, oral, and mental health/substance abuse services to persons in all stages of the life cycle. (FQHCs) which serve more than 18 million people through 7,000 sites located in all of the 50 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. |
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