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About Hope Alfaro

Hope Alfaro (Ahl-FAH-roh) is originally from Orlando, Florida but grew up in rural NC, She is addicted to knowledge and research and integrates these passions as a Marketing Executive for Patagonia Health. She created engaging content and news and keeps up to date with the latest health news to share with readers.

What’s in your Family Planning Annual Report? (FPAR)

For many Local Health Departments (LHD) and Community Health Centers including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), there are nearly innumerable reports that must be filed on an annual basis for grant funding, special designations, or to attest for Meaningful Use to receive incentive money. Often these reports can be time consuming and burdensome on clinic […]

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Time is Money: FQHC Requirements from their EHR

UDS Reporting

While selecting an effective Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an onerous task for any medical clinic, it can be especially taxing on Community Health Centers including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). These clinics are often serving in rural locations and have been open for decades operating on the same paper system and procedures. They are […]

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Patagonia Health integrates Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)

  Patagonia Health, a Cary, NC-based EHR software vendor, in collaboration with Appalachian District Health Department, implements Uniform Data System (UDS) reports to comply with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) reporting requirements for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).   Every year HRSA requires that FQHCs and FQHC look-alikes report on their performance on […]

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