Battle Lines Drawn
Consumer Groups Clash with Health Plan Allies Over Conflicts of Interest From StarAdvertiser, March 18, 2012 (Kristen Consillio): Two years away from launching the first major piece of federa Read more…
Hawaii Island Beacon Community Shines
$300,000 awarded to community-based projects Hilo, Hawai‘i (March 6, 2012)—The Hawai‘i Island Beacon Community (HIBC) has selected 17 community-based project Read more…
Registration for UDS Training
Annual training for the Uniform Data System, utilized by the Bureau of Primary Health Care for health center reporting, is being held on January 13, 2012. The registration fee of $75 includes the all- Read more…
HPCA Names New CEO
ROBERT HIROKAWA NAMED HPCA’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HONOLULU, HI, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 – The Board of Directors of the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association (HPCA) announced Read more…
A Force for Good
The Hawai‘i Primary Care Association (HCPA) released its 2011 Annual Report this month, highlighting its integral work in the community on behalf of Federally-Qualified Health Centers. Like all Read more…
Health Centers Vital to Hawai'i
In a strong show of support on this first day of National Health Center Week, the Star-Advertiser published a health care editorial praising the work of Hawai'i's 14 health centers, desc Read more…
Gov names HPCA CEO as Transformation 'Czar'
GOVERNOR ABERCROMBIE NAMES BETH GIESTING, HPCA’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS HAWAI‘I’S HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION ‘CZAR’ HONOLULU, HI Read more…
HPCA offers strong testimony at Medicaid hearing
HPCA briefs lawmakers On April 26th the Hawai'i Primary Care Association was one of several organizations that testified before the House and Senate Human Services Committees on the devastatin Read more…
Medicaid Cuts Protested at Town Meeting
Health Centers Suggest AlternativesIn a meeting Monday night nearly a hundred community members gathered in a statewide town hall forum to discuss proposed cuts to the state's Medicaid program, which Read more…
No State support for Patient-Centered Care
The development of statewide recognition for the patient-centered health care home (PCHCH) was part of the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association’s legislative package this year, introduce Read more…
HPCA to reduce staff and services
HONOLULU, HI, MARCH 29, 2011 – For more than twenty years, the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association (HPCA) has been a stalwart advocate for the cause of community health centers, underserved p Read more…
Hawai'i health centers awarded $1.6 Million for Clinical Quality
AlohaCare, a managed care Medicaid health plan, has awarded nearly $2 million in grants to Hawai'i's fourteen Community Health Centers, supporting critical work in quality improvement and clinic Read more…
CounterPoint
Despite opposition from the Department of Human Services, Senate Bill 1468, which establishes a comprehensive community-based Council to modernize Medicaid, passed out of the Senate Committees on Heal Read more…
Beyond Ritual: CHCs as Essential Partners
Governor Abercrombie, speaking to community health center staff, board members, and advocates this past Wednesday, set aside the proclamation he was presenting to emphasize that his commitment Read more…
HPCA Legislative Agenda 2011
HPCA's legislative agenda for 2011 focuses on the transformation of health care in Hawaii from a system that treats illness to one that promotes patient-centered wellness. In addition to essential inf Read more…
Judge issues ruling on COFA migrants
Today, a federal judge issued a ruling that requires reinstatement of Medicaid coverage for migrants from the Compact of Free Association (COFA). The judge's ruling reverses the state's previous actio Read more…
