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Welcome to the Indiana Primary Health Care Association

Today, thousands of Indiana citizens will need primary health care but won't be able to get it. They will suffer, and some may even die early due to lack of access to care. More than 700,000 Hoosiers are considered medically disenfranchised. The Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) works to ensure that all Hoosiers have a health care home - such as a Community Health Center (CHC) - where they receive quality care regardless of economic status, background, or location.

› IPHCA's MISSION: To champion the development and delivery of accessible, community-driven quality health care.

› IPHCA's VISION: A barrier-free, high quality health care system that's Affordable • Available• Accessible • Appropriate • Acceptable

› For IPHCA's BELIEFS AND VALUES click here.

VPCHC's Mobile School-Based Health Center to begin in August

J. Cornelius Brown Named President/CEO of HealthNet

Goshen Hospital Foundation Grant Helps the Uninsured

Shakamak Medical Center could be open by the Fall

HealthLinc and Porter-Starke Host Clinic Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Madison County CHC Medical Director receives Honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters Degree from AU



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News and Updates

Indiana gets $5.8M in Health Care Grants
(5/1/12)

Indiana will get $5,867,930 in grants from the new health care law for its community health centers. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the grants Tuesday. The grants are the result of the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act. It's estimated that the money will help serve around 4,000 new patients. Winners of the grants are listed below:

Capital Development Building Capacity Grant
• HealthLinc Valparaiso

Capital Development Immediate Facility Improvement Grant
• HealthNet
• Windrose (Trafalgar)
• HealthLinc

NHSC Scholar Placement HPSA Score
(4/20/12)

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholars are required to work at NHSC-approved sites in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of greatest need. The NHSC reviews data each year to determine what HPSA score a site must have in order to recruit and hire an NHSC scholar.

The minimum HPSA score for the 2012-2013 placement class is 16 for all disciplines.

For more information, please see the Federal Register Notice.

The Scholar Orientation and Placement Conference will be held July 19-21, 2012. NHSC sites with the approved HPSA score will receive an invitation from the NHSC to participate in the conference in the coming weeks. To find out your HPSA Score you can search for Designations by Address or search HPSAs by County.

The Latest on the Supreme Court Hearing on the ACA
(3/27/12)

To hear Tuesday’s arguments in Department of Health and Human Servs. v. Florida, the debate on the ACA, click here.

According to legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, the individual mandate within the ACA could be in danger. To learn more, click here.

To hear Monday’s arguments in Department of Health and Human Servs. v. Florida, the debate on the ACA, please click here.

The First Day of Arguments on the ACA focused on the Anti-Injunction Act. To read more, click here.

Supreme Court Prepares to Tackle Affordable Care Act. Click here for more information.

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Cycle
(1/3/12)

The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Cycle is now open! The application cycle will be open until May 2012, however providers are strongly encouraged to apply early. For more information on the program visit our NHSC Page.

Essential Learning Online Staff Training
(12/12/11)

Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Essential Learning, a leader in the field of online continuing education, to offer IPHCA providers with the opportunity to launch Elevate™ LMS – customized organizational training site. IPHCA is proud to offer this training opportunity for all our members. We offer CEs, CMEs and a variety of courses in dental, medical, clinical and general workplace skills like supervision and management.

Click here to read more.

Red Cross Continuity of Operations

Use this link to access the Red Cross online Continuity of Operations Plan provided by IPHCA to the health centers in Indiana through a grant from the Indiana State Department of Health.

IPHCA's 2010-2011 Year In Review details the work of IPHCA and Community Health Centers on behalf of primary care for the medically under-served, and it addresses the Centers' impact on Indiana's economy.

To request a hard copy, call 317.630.0845; to view the report online, click here.

Resources for the public, Community Health Centers (CHC's), and the media:
• General health care articles (especially on access and cost)
• Articles referencing IPHCA or its members
• IPHCA press releases
• IPHCA artwork (logo, etc.)
• Resources for the media
• Resources for IPHCA members

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This plan provides a discussion of the leading factors which influence local access to primary care in Indiana, and points to areas of the state in which there remains significant unmet need.

The plan serves as a guide for IPHCA staff as we work to expand access to primary care through community health centers in Indiana.

[ View the Access Plan ]

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