FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Amy Simmons Farber, (202) 309-0338, asimmons@nachc.org
Bethesda, MD—The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and Community Health Center (CHC) leaders are taking center stage at the 2025 ViVE Conference in Nashville, TN, to highlight how CHCs embrace innovation and technology to reduce health disparities across the nation.
NACHC’s participation in ViVE is part of its partnership with HLTH, Inc., which hosts ViVE annually in addition to other events. The partnership, launched in 2024, was created to inspire thought leadership around primary care, drive innovation, catalyze partnerships, and advance culturally competent primary care.
“NACHC is excited to be a partner at this year’s ViVE Conference,” said Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, President and CEO of NACHC. “Through our partnership, we are introducing digital health decisionmakers at ViVE to leaders in the CHC field, with the ultimate goal of advancing collaborative work to help build a better and more equitable health system for our local communities.”
As our nation’s largest primary care network with a workforce of over 310,000, CHCs serve over 32.5 million patients or 1 in 10 people across over 16,00 locations in rural and urban areas. Together, they represent an annual expenditure of greater than $46 billion in 2023, with a projected growth to at least $55 billion in 2025—which is 1-2% of all US healthcare spending to serve 10% of the US population with comprehensive, integrated primary care that also addresses the broader drivers of health.
NACHC will be hosting multiple sessions featuring CHC leaders during the event, which takes place from February 16-19:
- America’s Health Centers: Primary Care for ALL (February 16, 3-4pm)
- Community Health Centers: Leveraging Technology for Primary Care and Health Equity (February 16, 3pm-5pm)
- “The Beat” Podcast Interview with Dr. Leana Wen and Dr. Kyu Rhee (February 17, 9-9:30am)
- Ohh I Want There To Be Care in My City (February 17, 10am-10:45am)
- Best Kept Secrets in Healthcare (February 17, 3pm-4pm)
- HLTH Foundation Techquity award
- Lean on Payer & Provider Partnerships for Whole Person Care (February 18, 9:35am-10am)
- Techquity Tank (February 18, 1pm-2:30pm)
- CHCs: Making America Healthy One Community at a Time (February 19, 10am-11am)
Our Vision
NACHC is the leading innovative change agent collaborating with affiliates and partners to advance Community Health Centers as the foundation of an equitable health care system free from disparities and built on accessible, patient-governed, high-quality, integrated primary care.