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Benton and Linn County Community Health Centers report large revenue renegotiation, urge caution on federal funding
Summary
The Community Health Centers (CHC) presented a reshot budget showing recent revenue increases after a renegotiation of payment rates, but warned of risks from uncertain federal funding and a reliance on enterprise revenues; CHC leaders asked the committee to preserve contingency while confirming a manager position.
Lacey Malle, executive director of the Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties, told the budget committee the CHC has completed a budget "reshoot" and is proposing a markedly larger budget than adopted two years ago, driven by staff expansions, negotiated payment‑rate increases and federal grant timing.
Malle said the CHC fund is an enterprise fund that must be self‑sustaining and that the fund includes several cost centers: primary care clinics in Benton and Linn counties, dental services, an in‑house pharmacy, health navigation and integrated behavioral health. "Our payment methodology is known as being federally qualified health center," Malle…
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