ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
Lobbying for ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH · Membership org focused on policy and advocacy initiatives for the health care system
Issues related to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2027, including written testimony to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on CHC Funding H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementation, specifically state-based operations to implement the Rural Health Transformation Program Issues related to CMS Interim Final Rule implementing Community Engagement Requirements & Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments 340B Drug Pricing Program legislation, including the SUSTAIN Act, 340B Patients Act (HR 4581), the Community Health Center Drug Pricing Protection Act (HR 7391), and proposed 340C legislation Comments and legislative efforts to block 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program efforts and manufacturers efforts to compel claims data Statement submitted to the House Committee on Budgets hearing, Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and Americas Fiscal Future Issues and legislation related to the primary care workforce, including introduction of the Developing the Community Health Workforce Act (HR8629), the Health Workforce Innovation Act (HR935), H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act (HR7961), the Community TEAMS Act of 2025 (HR3885), funding for Title 7 & Title 8 workforce programs and activities related to a new workforce coalition, The Alliance to Strengthen Americas Health Workforce for the Underserved Issues related to CMMI models and health center participation in value-based care payment arrangements, including MAHA Elevate, ACCESS, and LEAD Issues related to the Health Center Community Transformation Hub Act (Has not been reintroduced in 119th Congress) Issues related to the Trump Administrations stance on community health centers and primary care workforce funding, including the Make America Healthy Again agenda (nutrition and chronic disease management) and the Presidents proposed budget