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Government · Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership
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TMHP says its August 18 activation message came from noreply@okta.com or DoNotReplyTMHPIAMOnline@tmhp.partner.hhs.texas.gov and that the link expires after seven days.
Association · National Association of Community Health Centers
Health centers have two distinct federal grant-funding clocks. Public Law 119-75 provided $1,858,772,000 in FY2026 annual discretionary funding for primary health care.
Legislature · Federal Register / HRSA
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HRSA published a Notice of Availability for the final Health Center Program Scope of Project Policy Manual (Federal Register document 2026-16348, 91 FR 51722, published August 11, 2026). Two features make this immediately operational.
Legislature · U.S. Government Publishing Office
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GovInfo identifies the August 5, 2026 proposal as S. 5244, introduced by Sen. Moran with Sens. Baldwin, Capito, Kaine, Boozman, and Hickenlooper, read twice, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Government · California Department of Public Health
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California Department of Public Health emergency regulations filed June 1, 2026 require acute psychiatric hospitals to maintain at least one licensed nurse for every six adult patients and one for every five patients under age 18.
Research · California Health Care Foundation / Culture IQ Group
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CHCF commissioned Culture IQ Group to conduct one-on-one interviews in January 2026 with 39 undocumented adults ages 26–64 who were enrolled in full-scope Medi-Cal.
Government · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Health Resources and Services Administration
HHS announced $102 million in FY2026 New Access Points awards on August 13. The agency says 158 new and existing health centers will use the awards to establish 415 sites and projects that the expansion could bring primary care to nearly 1 million more people.
Government · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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On August 7, 2026, BLS reported that total nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 in July while health care added 22,000 jobs, 18,100 of them in ambulatory health care services. On September 4, BLS revised July payrolls to a gain of 21,000.
Corrected Sep 28, 2026: BLS later revised July total payrolls from a loss of 23,000 to a gain of 21,000.
Government · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS announced August 10 that resources, blanket waivers, and other flexibilities are available for Washington providers affected by the Fairview, Autumn Lane, and Old Trails fires near Spokane County.
LifeLong Medical Care
LifeLong Medical Care's current Howard Daniel location page is labeled 'We've Moved' and says Howard Daniel merged with East Oakland Health Center, with services moving to the existing East Oakland site beginning August 10, 2026.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
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A May 2026 UC Berkeley Labor Center/UCLA Center for Health Policy Research brief uses CalSIM v3.62, DHCS administrative data, and evidence from other states to model coverage under federal and California policy decisions made in 2025.
Legislature · HRSA / GovInfo notice text
HRSA placed Notice 2026-15633 on public inspection July 31; official Federal Register publication is scheduled for August 3, and the pilot's effective date is January 1, 2027. Covered-entity commenters asked HRSA to exclude or phase in some entity types.
Association · NACHC
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NACHC posted on July 24, 2026 that it supported a bipartisan congressional letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, led by Reps. GT Thompson (R-PA) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) with 64 co-signers.
Government · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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CMS's Health Insurance Exchanges Monthly Effectuated Enrollment file reports 21,776,626 effectuated enrollments for February 2025 and 19,169,147 for February 2026 — 2,607,479 fewer, or about 12.0%.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
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The California Health Care Foundation's Los Angeles Regional Market Report 2026, published July 7, 2026, puts a number on something the platform has described qualitatively: 'Los Angeles CHCs rely on Medi-Cal for a higher percentage of their net patient…
Legislature · CMS / official Federal Register PDF
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Public Law 119-21 section 71115 already amended the Social Security Act.
Government · Federal Register / HRSA
HRSA published an information collection request revision on July 30, 2026 (Federal Register document 2026-15419, 91 FR 48170) proposing to modify eight approved Health Center Program Forms and add three new ones, with comments due September 28, 2026.
Central California Alliance for Health
Central California Alliance for Health's Round 3 page set an August 18, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Application deadline for Community Health Worker Recruitment, Provider Recruitment, and Healthcare Technology grants; that deadline has passed.
Government · California Governor's Office / DHCS
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On August 11, the California Governor's Office reported that Mathiesen Memorial Health Clinic and the Chicken Ranch Rancheria Me-Wuk Indians of California had broken ground on the Mathiesen Memorial Health and Wellness Center in Jamestown during the second…
Government · HRSA Health Center Program UDS Awardee Data tool
HRSA's National Health Center Program UDS Awardee Data tool now reports the 2025 reporting period: 32,746,392 total patients across 1,356 reporting awardees, with 47.92% of patients covered by Medicaid/CHIP and 17.21% uninsured. Two limits worth knowing.
Legislature · California Legislature
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SB 111, signed June 29 as Chapter 21, amends Budget Act item 4140-101-0001.
News · ABC7 Los Angeles
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Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook said on July 18, 2026 that federal Medicaid reductions phasing in at the end of 2026 will open an estimated $80 million to $100 million annual revenue gap…
Court · U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
On July 29, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied without prejudice the states' motion for a preliminary injunction in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Oz, No. 1:26-cv-12962-RGS.
Legislature · U.S. Congress
NACHC reported that the House Energy and Commerce Committee's July 21 package combines $500 million for behavioral-health and substance-use services with $250 million for nutrition services across FY2027-FY2028.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
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HCAI, in partnership with DHCS, released a voluntary Best Practices Framework for Community Health Worker/Promotores/Representative (CHW/P/R) training programs.
Industry · OCHIN
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OCHIN announced (July 16) that ten community health organizations completed OCHIN Epic go-lives in Q2 2026: Los Angeles LGBT Center (CA — migrating off Veradigm) and One Health Center (CA), Pueblo Community Health Center (CO)…
Organization · SAC Health
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SAC Health announced on July 14, 2026 that its Pacific High School clinic in San Bernardino had welcomed its first patients on July 6.
Lookout Santa Cruz
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Lookout Santa Cruz reported on June 29 that Dignity Health Medical Foundation ended its contract with the roughly 120-member Santa Cruz Medical Group and began contracting with Foundation Physicians Medical Group.
News · Arkansas Advocate
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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed suit July 22, 2026 in Polk County Circuit Court against 22 defendants — 13 drug manufacturers and related entities including Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk…
Government · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Federal Register
HHS published a final rule July 24, 2026 (FR 2026-15000, RIN 0945-AA29) amending 45 CFR part 80 — its Title VI regulations — to remove provisions imposing liability based on unintentional disparate impact, conforming to Executive Order 14281.
Government · California Department of Health Care Services
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DHCS's current ECM and Community Supports resource page, reviewed August 24, still identifies the April 2025 Volume 1 and Volume 2 guides as the operative guides and lists the July 2026 Volume 1 and selected housing changes as proposed updates.
Association · American Hospital Association
On July 21, 2026 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court and ruled that Section 340B does not permit manufacturers (Novartis and Johnson & Johnson) to unilaterally replace up-front 340B discounts with a post-purchase rebate model…
Government · California Health & Human Services Agency
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In a July 16, 2026 joint statement, California Health and Human Services leaders warned that the finalized federal public-charge rule — effective roughly mid-September 2026…
Government · CMS / California Department of Health Care Services
CMS's July 21, 2026 letter deferred $709,311,454 in federal medical-assistance funds and $158,153,833 in administrative funds claimed by California for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, for a total federal share of $867,465,287.
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center news release republished by The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
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A Samuel Dixon Family Health Center news release republished by The Santa Clarita Valley Signal on July 29 announces that $655,000 in state funding was secured to eliminate the mortgage on its Lyons Behavioral Health facility at 23206 Lyons Avenue in Newhall.
Government · CMS / CDC
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CMS and CDC published a Request for Information on the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations in the Federal Register on July 16, 2026 (CMS-3485-NC, docket CMS-2026-2345).
Government · U.S. Department of Education
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The Department of Education's RISE final rule narrowed the definition of 'professional degree.' On June 24, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (consolidated Nos. 26-1780 and 26-1941) preliminarily stayed part of that definition.
Community Vision
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Community Vision, a CDFI, provided $1.09 million in financing for Elica Health Centers — a nonprofit FQHC — to purchase its longtime leased clinic at 155 15th Street in West Sacramento (Yolo County), which it has operated since 2013.
Government · HHS Office of Inspector General
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HHS-OIG issued Advisory Opinion 26-16 on July 9, 2026 (posted July 14) to a requestor it describes in its own words as 'designated as a federally qualified health center…
CalOptima Health
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CalOptima Health approved $429.6 million from reserves to increase Medi-Cal payment rates for hospitals and specialists from July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028.
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