How are Gallagher colleagues supporting health gains in vulnerable communities? By supporting the enhanced leadership and governance capabilities of community leaders serving on the boards of over 1,300 community health centers that oversee over 9,200 communities and 24 million people across the US.[1]

To help ensure strong health center performance and risk management, our Gallagher GovernWell programs[2] are being leveraged through state and regional associations of community health centers to deliver strong and practical, board development resources in these settings:

• Onsite board retreats and educational programs
• A series of 12 fifteen minute webinars for the Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers https://mnachc.org/member-resources/governance-academy/
• Three web based Board Education sessions on “SMART Governance” for the Northwestern Regional Primary Care Association for health centers in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, https://www.nwrpca.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1108989#featured-videos/?legacy=1&id=1108989
• Board Self-Assessment Studies to shape Governance Enhancement Plans of Community Health Centers in Seattle; and
• A weekend “Governance Academy” in Denver for community health centers from Regions 8 and 10, see: https://www.nwrpca.org

Following studies with health center board leaders and CEOs, Gallagher has identified these topics for digital learning opportunities in cooperation with State Primary Care Associations:

1. Federal Government HRSA Basic Board Responsibilities
2. Stakeholder Engagement: Links with Communities
3. Community Health Needs Assessments: Partnering Opportunities
4. Strategic Health Services Program Planning
5. Provider Staff Planning and Recruitment
6. Capital and Operational Budgeting
7. Board Committees
8. Clinical and Service Quality Assurance
9. Board Self Assessments and Continuous Improvement
10. CEO Performance Management
11. Advocacy and Board Contributions
12. High Performing Chairpersons

As board and executive teams from community health centers master these topics for enhanced board work, they establish the conditions within which clinicians and managers are more likely to achieve their operating, quality, employment, and financial vitality goals.

Well governed Community Health Centers play essential roles to strengthen challenged communities in both urban and rural communities in the following ways:

• Expand access to health services that protect, promote and restore health in vulnerable populations;
• Provide good employment opportunities that enhance the vitality and stability of local economies; and
• Serve as community health partners to health plans and hospitals that may not be well prepared for cost-effective care delivery to low resources populations;[3]

Gallagher teams are now also able to assist these governing bodies to better understand, reduce, and transfer a wide variety of property and casualty risks via the CORE 360 review initiatives, https://www.ajg.com/s/core360/overview/ as well as new compensation and benefit designs that attract and retain scarce health workers and physicians in medically underserved communities, https://www.ajg.com/lp/gallagher-better-works/

To learn more about the Gallagher GovernWell suite of resources, contact us at https://www.gallagherhrcc.com/solutions/corporate-governance/training