FQHCs Are Infrastructure: What HR1 Means for Health System Leaders

About this episode

Megan Antonelli interviews Dr. Adam Aponte about the critical role of FQHCs in health care and the implications of HR1 for health system leaders.

People in this episode

Host: Megan Antonelli

Guest: Dr. Adam Aponte

Topics covered

• federally qualified health centers
• health system leadership
• Medicaid funding
• pediatric health care
• trust in health care
• telehealth challenges
• early childhood health care

Keywords

• FQHCs
• health system leadership
• HR1
• Medicaid
• pediatric coverage
• telehealth
• East Harlem
• community health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: East Harlem Council for Human Services, HealthIMPACT Live, Medicaid, FQHCs

Places: New York, East Harlem

More episodes of Digital Health Talks - Changemakers Focused on Fixing Healthcare

• 1 in 3 Women Unscreened: Closing the Cervical Cancer Gap · June 9, 2026 · 31 min
• Five Good Things with Janae Sharp and Megan Antonelli · June 2, 2026 · 25 min
• Nursing at the Center: How AI, Virtual Care, and Human-Centered Design Are Transforming the Bedside at Advocate Health · May 26, 2026 · 38 min
• From FDA-Cleared Wearables to AI Caregivers: Rune Labs CEO on Closing the Gap in Parkinson's Care · May 19, 2026 · 37 min
• Cognitive Atrophy Is a Leadership Crisis: Mohan Nair on Why Healthcare's AI Obsession Is Costing Us Our Best Thinking · May 5, 2026 · 52 min
• Episode 200: Ambient AI's Real Wins, Cybersecurity's Quiet Losses, and Healthcare's Double Standards - What the PITT Season Finale Tells Us about Where We are Today and Where we are Heading · April 27, 2026 · 30 min