Category: HRSA

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Learning Collaborative for HIV Oral Health and Primary Care Integration, HRSA-25-103, Apply by August 12

July 2, 2025

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Learning Collaborative for HIV Oral Health and Primary Care Integration, HRSA-25-103, Apply by August 12

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part F Community Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP), Learning Collaborative for HIV Oral Health and Primary Care Integration (CBDPP), cooperative agreement.

This cooperative agreement will:

  • Promote information sharing and exchange,
  • Maintain and strengthen oral health and primary care integration, and
  • Improve dental education and training through Interprofessional training and community-based education, support community-based dental leaders in HIV oral health care.

Who is Eligible to Apply

  • Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
  • State governments
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Small businesses
  • Special district governments
  • Independent school districts
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • City or township governments
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses

Apply by August 12, 2025, no later than 11:59 p.m. ET

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Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 17

July 2, 2025

Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 17

Eligible clinicians who provide pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent behavioral health care can apply to this program. HRSA offers up to $100,000 in educational loan repayment. In exchange recipients must work full-time for three years in a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility.

Apply by July 17

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Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 12

July 2, 2025

Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 12

Eligible substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clinicians and community health workers can apply to this program.

HRSA offers up to $250,000 in educational loan repayment. In exchange, recipients must work full-time for six years in a facility approved for the STAR Loan Repayment program.

Apply by July 12

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HRSA Reaffirms Commitment to Lowering Drug Prices for Low-Income Patients

July 2, 2025

HRSA Reaffirms Commitment to Lowering Drug Prices for Low-Income Patients

On June 24, HRSA announced new steps to lower out-of-pocket costs for life-saving medications. In alignment with President Trump’s Executive Order “Lowering Drug Prices by Putting Americans First,” HRSA has issued updated award terms requiring HRSA-funded health centers to provide insulin and injectable epinephrine to low-income patients at or below the price paid by the center through the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

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CDC’s Suicide Prevention Communication Campaign Playbook

June 17, 2025

 

CDC’s Suicide Prevention Communication Campaign Playbook

Closing out Mental Health Awareness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new resource for planning suicide prevention campaigns. The playbook includes:

  • Key Audience:
    • Tools for identifying specific populations at higher risk and their networks of influence.
  • Campaign Development:
    • Steps to design effective strategies, craft meaningful messages, and promote behavior change.
  • Behavior Models:
    • Insights into frameworks like the Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory.
  • Messaging Best Practices:
    • Strategies to emphasize hope and resilience and use culturally relevant language.
  • Evaluation:
    • Tools to measure campaign impact and improve future efforts.

The latest data from the CDC show that rural residents are at a higher risk of suicide than urban residents and that rates of suicide almost doubled between 2000-2020 in rural areas.

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RHC & FQHC Care Coordination Services: HCPS Code G0511 Deadline Extended to September 30

June 17, 2025

RHC & FQHC Care Coordination Services: HCPS Code G0511 Deadline Extended to September 30

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the deadline for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to report individual CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) and HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) base and add-on codes for care coordination services instead of reporting HCPCS G0511 to September 30, 2025.

The additional time, extended from July 1, 2025, allows for RHCs and FQHCs to update billing systems following the policy change issued in the CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule final rule.

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More information on the CY 2025 payment rates for care coordination is available here and here.

HRSA Loan Repayment Programs Open

June 17, 2025

HRSA Loan Repayment Programs Open

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has three loan repayment programs open to support working health professionals. They include:

  • Faculty Loan Repayment Program – Apply by July 3, 7:30 p.m. ET
    • Provides up to $40,000in health professional student loan repayment to faculty who serve two years at an eligible health professions school.
  • Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP)– Apply by July 10, 7:30 p.m. ET
    • Provides up to $250,000 for a six-year, full-time service commitment.
    • The following are eligible to apply:
      • Behavioral health clinicians,
      • Support workers,
      • Clinical support staff, and
      • Individuals trained in substance use disorders
  • Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program– Apply by July 17, 7:30 p.m. ET
    • Provides up to $100,000 in exchange for a three-year, full-time service commitment.
    • Clinicians providing pediatric medical or surgical care or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care are eligible to apply.

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Telehealth Policies

June 4, 2025

Telehealth Policies

The Federal government took a range of steps to expedite the adoption and awareness of telehealth, including for Medicare telehealth services and Remote Patient Monitoring.

Click Here to learn about recent Federal legislation and policies related to telehealth

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Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 10

June 2, 2025

Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 10

Apply to the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program. Eligible substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clinicians and community health workers can apply to the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program.

Apply by July 10.

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Faculty Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 3

June 2, 2025

Faculty Loan Repayment Program, Apply by July 3

The Faculty Loan Repayment Program application is open now through July 3. Eligible faculty members can apply to the Faculty Loan Repayment Program. HRSA will repay a portion of a recipient’s health professional student loan debt ($40,000 max over two years). In return, a recipient will serve at an eligible health professions school.

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