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Overview
This section provides guidance to understand the key contract terms involved in negotiating the vendor contract. It is critical to negotiate a vendor contract that takes into account the unique circumstances of your center and incorporates flexibility to meet your reporting needs. Guidance is offered related to indemnification, warranties and disclaimers, liability, dispute resolution, termination and migration, and access to and use of the EHR data.  
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Are Health Centers Cost Effective?
HRSA BPHC
/ Categories: Value Based Payment, Data Demonstrating Health Center Value

Are Health Centers Cost Effective?

A Review of Recent Research on Health Center Cost of Care

These slides are from a HRSA/BPHC Webinar Thursday, July 23, 2015 reviewing the most recent research studies of health center cost effectiveness.  The slides from this webinar describe the research methods by leading health economists finding that health centers generally exhibit lower total costs of care and better patient outcomes compared to other primary care providers.

These slides feature evidence of health center cost effectiveness among Medicare and/or Medicaid populations in states including Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Texas, Vermont, and West Virginia.

Resource Links

  • Link to the Are Health Centers Cost Effective PDFThis webinar will feature recent studies health center cost of care and will highlight research findings and methods that could be used by other health centers to better understand their cost of the care.
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Acknowledgements

This resource collection was compiled by the HITEQ Center staff with guidance from HITEQ Advisory Committee members and collaborators of the HITEQ Center.

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