December 2025

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NEWSLETTER

Top Challenges Facing Community Health Centers—And How CURIS Can Help

Happy December!


Our CURIS team has been enjoying meeting so many of you at recent conferences! Over the past couple months, we have been to Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Montgomery, Columbus and many others. If you have not yet visited us at a conference, we would love to chat with you, schedule a discovery call at: info@curis-consulting.com! 


As we spoke with many of you, the challenges facing Community Health Centers were strikingly consistent:


  1. Financial pressure is intensifying. Health centers are operating in a more complex, compressed environment with flat or declining reimbursement, rising uncompensated care, and grant eligibility that hasn’t kept pace with inflation.
  2. Workforce shortages are straining capacity. Primary care, dental, and case management vacancies continue to drive turnover, burnout, and reduced access.
  3. Value-based care is accelerating—yet hard to operationalize. Centers are expected to adopt VBC, virtual care, and SDOH integration, but legacy fee-for-service systems, limited data infrastructure, and weak care-coordination partnerships make these models difficult to implement profitably.


Taken together, there is a real opportunity for mission-driven organizations to re-think their operating model. CURIS has solutions that can help you enhance your care team productivity, maximize new payment and grant opportunities, leverage your technology and community partnerships to address SDOH, as well as ensure performance and risk management frameworks secure sustainability.


  • Technology Solutions: Our technology-driven services seamlessly supplement your team and reduce operational burden. The result is a more responsive patient experience and a workforce aligned to deliver higher-value, mission-critical services.


  • Consulting: CURIS provides hands-on operational support, interim C-suite leadership, and weekly office hours to expand your capacity and ease pressure on your teams. Whether you need short-term coverage or long-term strategy, we help strengthen performance and build sustainable, high-performing teams.


  • Workforce Solutions: CURIS offers a ready-to-go remote team — including care coordinators, triage nurses, and administrative specialists — who handle tasks like triage support, medication refills, prior authorizations, nursing inboxes, and more. We also manage all training, oversight, and administrative responsibilities so your team can stay focused on delivering excellent care.



Reach out to our team for support that fits your mission and your center. To set up a free consultation call, email us at: info@curis-consulting.com


We Hope To Hear From You Soon!

The CURIS Team



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IMPORTANT: Deadlines Ahead

Mark your Calendars:

  • UDS Reporting: Due February 15, 2026


  • FTCA Redeeming Applications: Due June 2026 (exact date TBD)


How CURIS can help:

  • CURIS can review and provide feedback to reduce rework
  • Hands-on support available to guide preparation

Where are we next?


National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

Policy & Issues Forum- Washington, DC 2/9-2/12

CURIS Booth


National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

Workforce Conference- Las Vegas, NV 4/28-4/29

Shannon Presenting- CURIS Team Attendance



Interested in meeting at a conference or having one of our experts present? Email us to set up a time to meet.

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