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HRSA Issues Regulatory Update

Feb 15, 2024
The United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has issued an update on its regulatory activities.  You can read the complete HRSA regulatory update, with links to additional resources, below.

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February 15, 2024

HRSA Participates in the National Association of Community Health Centers Annual Policy and Issues Forum

HRSA Administrator Johnson speaking at the NACHC Annual P&I Forum

On February 13, HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson provided keynote remarks at the National Association of Community Health Centers’ Policy and Issues Forum in Washington, D.C. Administrator Johnson highlighted accomplishments from HRSA-supported health centers, HRSA’s efforts to support equitable access to primary health care, including mental health and substance use disorder services, in underserved communities, and discussed the Health Center Program mandatory funding cliff and pending reauthorization. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House Domestic Policy Council Director Neera Tanden also participated in the Forum.

Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Associate Administrator Jim Macrae and Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Associate Administrator Dr. Luis Padilla also presented on their respective programs. Thousands of individuals from health centers (executives, clinicians, consumer board members, and staff) and from state and regional Primary Care Associations and Health Center Controlled Networks attend this annual conference.

HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care Associate Administrator Jim Macrae and Bureau of Health Workforce Associate Administrator Luis Padilla


HRSA Attends the National Rural Health Association’s Rural Health Policy Institute

HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson speaking at the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) Rural Health Policy Institute On February 13th, HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson attended the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) Rural Health Policy Institute and provided keynote remarks. Administrator Johnson highlighted HRSA’s rural health programs and Agency-wide efforts to develop the health workforce and expand access to care in rural communities.

 

 

HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Associate Administrator Tom Morris at the National Rural Health Association

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Associate Administrator Tom Morris was also in attendance and presented on priorities relating to behavioral health, workforce investment, rural hospitals, and rural health care access. The audience was comprised of rural health care professionals, rural health care providers, rural health clinics, community health centers, rural hospitals, State Offices of Rural health, State Rural Health Associations, educators and researchers.

 


HRSA to Transform Organ Transplant System

OPTNHRSA is taking historic steps as part of its Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Modernization Initiative leveraging new legal authority proposed in the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and signed into law as part of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act in September.

In a groundbreaking transformation, for the first time in four-decades supporting the national organ transplantation system, HRSA is issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) to support multiple different contract awards. This action will increase competition ensuring patients and their families benefit from best-in-class vendors.

 


HRSA Announces the Availability of Nearly $25 Million for Native Hawaiian Health Care

HawaiiEarlier this month, HRSA released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO, HRSA-24-030).

Nearly $25 million will be available to support comprehensive disease prevention, health promotion, and primary health care services for Native Hawaiians.

This opportunity is a limited competition. To learn more about eligibility, visit the FY 2024 NHHCIA webpage and download the NOFO.

Applications are due in Grants.gov by Thursday, May 2.

 


HRSA FY 2023 Fact Sheets and Fact Sheet Maps Now Available

mapThe HRSA fact sheets and HRSA fact sheet maps are summary reports and maps of grants, loans, and scholarships at various geography levels.

The ratified FY 2024 HRSA awarded grants are now included in Data by Geography, Find Grants, and Data Explorer

 


New Health Center Program GeoCare Navigator

navHRSA recently launched the Health Center Program GeoCare Navigator. This mapping tool creates service area maps for Health Center Program applications or change in scope requests. Use it to evaluate geographic reach, penetration, and growth of the Health Center Program and its relationship to other federally linked health resources.

This tool replaces the Uniform Data System (UDS) Mapper, which will sunset next month.

Find a user guide and introductory video in the “Resources” dropdown. Submit questions via the BPHC Contact Form (Health Center Data and Research > Health Center Program GeoCare Navigator).

 


Webinar: Opportunities for Preventing Congenital Syphilis

laptop iconHRSA is taking action to address the surging number of syphilis and congenital syphilis cases nationwide, to slow the spread with a focus on those most significantly impacted.

HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention on a webinar, Wednesday, February 28, noon-1 p.m. ET, for clinicians and other health care providers. Speakers will explore opportunities for prevention.

 


Cornerstones of Clinical Care: Empathy, Creativity, and Imagination as the Foundation for Effective Provider-Patient Communication

cornerstoneHRSA is cohosting a webinar with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Indian Health Service, and the National Institutes of Health to mark Patient Safety Awareness Week. The webinar will explore how health care providers and staff can get to the heart of patient stories to improve clinical care and address disparities in provider-patient relationships and more on Wednesday, March 13, 2-4 p.m. ET.

Guest speaker Jay Baruch, MD, is a practicing emergency physician and award-winning author, lecturer, and medical educator.

Register.

 


HRSA Funding in the Community


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February

  • American Heart Month
  • Black History Month
  • National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
  • National Children's Dental Health Month
  • National Donor Day (14)
  • National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (2/26-3/3)

Funding Opportunities

 

Bureau of Health Workforce


Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program - apply by February 26

Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Physician Assistant Rural Training in Behavioral Health (PCTE-PARB) Program - apply by March 15

Advanced Nursing Education – Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) Program - apply by April 2

Bureau of Primary Health Care


Service Area Competition-Additional Area - apply by February 20

Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Program - apply by May 2

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy


Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program - apply by April 16

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program – Emergency Medical Services Supplement - apply by April 25

HIV/AIDS Bureau


Linking Eligibility Across the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts - Dissemination Assistance Provider - apply by March 4

Supporting People with HIV as Leaders in HIV Systems of Care - apply by April 1

Maternal and Child Health Bureau


Cooperative Newborn Screening System Priorities Program (NBS Co-Propel) - apply by February 23

National Coordinating Center on Transition - apply by March 11

Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects - apply by March 11

State Maternal Health Innovation - apply by April 2

Type 7: Autism Secondary Data Analysis Research (SDAR) Program - apply by April 3

Autism Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies (Autism FIRST) - apply by April 3

Poison Control Centers Program - apply by May 1

Maternal Health Training and Resource Center (MHTRC) - apply by May 2

Office of the Administrator


Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program (EB-TNP) - apply by March 22

Licensure Portability Grant Program - apply by April 8


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