NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions, today announced that during the last few months it has secured 12 new community health center contracts, validating the company’s continued leadership in the space.
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) approximately $851 million in funds will be granted to community health centers nationwide in order to help them better serve Americans. More than 650 health centers are expected to use these funds to purchase new equipment or health information technology (HIT) systems.
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are community-based, patient-directed health centers that meet criteria under the Medicare and Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act. Their main source of funding comes from the Health Center Program outlined in section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. FQHCs provide comprehensive, high-quality medical, dental and mental health services to the uninsured, the under-insured and in medically underserved areas.
One of the new contracts is with the Heartland Community Health Network, a Health Center-Controlled Network (HCCN) formed to provide IT support to community health centers in Iowa and Nebraska. Led by current NextGen Healthcare client One World CHC, Heartland selected the NextGen Electronic Health Record (EHR) product as its exclusive EHR offering.
“Based on our experience, we feel that NextGen EHR provides the flexibility and functionality needed to meet the unique needs of health centers,” said Joel Dougherty, COO for One World CHC. “We’ve been particularly impressed with the out-of-the-box content and training support.”