Health centers face a wide array of policy issues that impact their ability to care for their patients and maintain their financial stability. This session is designed to provide health center board members with a high-level overview of pressing policy issues, with a focus on how the health center can respond and how boards can provide oversight related to these developments. Topics will include 340B, immigration, provider recruitment, and Medicaid. Participants will have an opportunity to consider the strategic, oversight, and other governance implications of these issues.

Health centers serve over 350,000 veterans. This session provides both policy and program updates for those seeking to serve veteran patients. Hear the latest federal updates on Mission Act/Community Care Network implementation, following the 2018 transition from the Veterans Choice Program administered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs at hundreds of health centers. Participants will also learn about creative programs serving veterans at health centers locally; and engage with peers and panelists to inspire their next steps to serve veterans in their communities.

As the country's opioid crisis continues, funders from various fields including the federal government, state agencies, and private corporations have increased their funding to alleviate substance use and addiction issues. The federal government has poured a record amount of resources into these efforts through multiple avenues that have greatly assisted health centers.

To continue fighting substance use and addiction, health centers and their partners need to be aware of the potential future state and federal funding landscape; and the changing approaches of private philanthropies, including funding prevention and treatment programs, supporting the distribution of naloxone and working to develop opportunities for screening earlier on in patients' lives. This session will discuss the overall roadmap that is emerging on funding and provide attendees the ability to engage leaders in the funding space for their insights.