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Tennessee Health Center Awarded Affordable Care Act Dollars to Expand and Improve Clinics
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards made possible by the new health care law that will help build, expand and improve community health centers nationwide.
Funding of more than $728 million will support 398 renovation and construction projects, boosting health centers’ ability to care for additional patients and creating jobs. The awards are part of a series of capital investments that are made available to community health centers under the Affordable Care Act, which provides $9.5 billion to expand services over five years and $1.5 billion to support major construction and renovation projects at community health centers.
According to a new report released today, the health care law has supported 190 construction and renovation projects at health centers and the creation of 67 new health center sites across the country, and will support more than 485 new health center construction and renovation projects and the creation of 245 new community health center sites over the next two years.
Read the full press release here.
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Tennessee moves up in health rankings
Residents are losing weight, smoking less
Tennessee is a healthier state than it was a year ago because people are losing weight and smoking less, fewer babies are dying and violent crime is down.
Those are some of the measures that moved Tennessee out of the bottom 10 states, according to America’s Health Rankings. The 2011 report, released today, ranks Tennessee 39th compared to 42nd last year.
The state has shown steady improvement in recent years on the annual report, which is compiled by United Health Foundation, a nonprofit established by UnitedHealth Group.
“It is a testament to a lot of hard work from not only lots of government agencies and communities but also individuals,” said state epidemiologist Tim F. Jones. “Obviously, 39th is not where we want to stay, but seeing steady improvement is a really good sign.”
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