The U.S. government has released its 2017 Federal Poverty Guidelines, which are used to determine financial eligibility for certain federal programs. Health centers utilize this information to recalculate sliding fee discount programs and other programs where eligibility is based on percentage of the guideline. (Health centers: remember that updating your sliding fee discount program will require the approval of your board.)

Click here to review the 2017 guidelines.


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