Established in 1971 to give a voice to the state’s network of community health centers as leading providers of primary care, the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) is one of the leading primary care associations in the country. CHCANYS organizes, educates and advocates on behalf of more than 70 federally qualified community health centers located throughout New York State. Community health centers provide high quality, affordable and accessible primary and preventive care to more than 1.2 million New Yorkers at over 445 sites in urban, suburban and rural settings.

CHCANYS Appears on Statewide Radio Show Last week, Kate Breslin, CHCANYS’ Director of Policy, appeared with other health care advocates on Susan Arbetter’s statewide radio show, The Capitol Pressroom. Click here to listen. (It’s a 60 minute show. Scroll to 14:30 on the progress bar—that’s where the health care segment begins.)

CHCANYS Advocacy Day 2010 Over 400 community, homeless and migrant health care advocates came to Albany on Monday, February 1st for CHCANYS’ Annual Advocacy Day. Click here to read the press release.

CHCANYS Releases 2010 Legislative Agenda and Fact Sheet CHCANYS top priorities for this year’s legislative session are Indigent Care, Transition Funding, Credentialing, Doctors Across NY and Migrant Health Care Funding. Click here to read the entire agenda. CHCANYS has also released its updated 2010 Fact Sheet. Click here for a PDF of the publication.

Open Door Family Health Center Achieves Medical Home Status Open Door Family Medical Centers received the highest level Recognition (Level 3) as a Patient-Centered Medical Home™ (PPC-PCMH™) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).  This distinguishes Open Door from medical practices across the nation as less than 2% are presently able to achieve this advanced standing. Click here to read Open Door’s press release.

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