Learn about the challenges facing America's safety net in a series of reports by the Graham Center and the National Association of Community Health Centers:

Access Denied: A look at America's medically disenfranchised

Access Granted: The primary care payoff

Access Transformed: Building a primary care workforce for the 21st century

There is increasing interest in assuring sustaining healing relationships through primary care. Yet, the U.S. does not actively influence the number, type, or geographic distribution of its physician workforce.  Equitable access to health care is at risk without well-informed, evidence-based policies and incentives.  

Specialty and geographic distribution of the physician workforce: What influences medical student and resident choices?

The House of Representatives has proposed to use Federal funds to raise Medicaid payments rates for primary care physicians to those of Medicare (Section 1721 of HR 3200). The Graham Center estimated the effects on total gross revenue of the average physician nationally and the total gross revenue of the average family physician in each state. The white paper shows the widely variable but important impact.

Read the report:

Estimated effects of Sec. 1721 of draft bill HR 3200

Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are counties or portions of counties in the United States that have the lowest ratio of physicians to population.  Learn more about primary care HPSAs in your area, and determine whether your practice might be eligible for bonus payments or other policy incentives based on location in a HPSA using our new tool:

Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Mapper