Category: HRSA

Missouri Grants 101 Workshops – St. Joseph and Warrensburg

July 2, 2024

Missouri Grants 101 Workshops – St. Joseph and Warrensburg

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is hosting two FREE Grants 101 Workshops, in Missouri:

  • Joseph, MO – East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine Rd., 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT
  • Warrensburg, MO – Trails Regional Library – Warrensburg branch, 432 N. Holden St., 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT

Attendees will learn about:

  • The federal grant application process
  • Where to find funding opportunities
  • Strategies for putting together a successful application
  • Resources to support grant writing efforts

This workshop is offered in person only; there will not be a virtual option.

You must register to attend this workshop.

Click Here to Register for St. Joseph Workshop

Click Here to Register for Warrensburg Workshop

Missouri Maternal Health Partnership Meetings – St. Joseph and Warrensburg

July 2, 2024

Missouri Maternal Health Partnership Meetings – St. Joseph and Warrensburg

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) IEA Region 7 is hosting two Maternal Health Meetings in Missouri:

  • Joseph, MO –  East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine Rd, July 11, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  • Warrensburg, MO – Trails Regional Library (Warrensburg branch), 432 N. Holden St, August 1, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

In these meetings, you will learn about HRSA’s maternal health programs and resources. You will also discuss maternal health issues, including challenges in serving mothers and families, strategies and models to support maternal health, current technical assistance needs, and opportunities for collaboration.

These meetings are offered in person only; there will not be a virtual option.

Click Here to register for St. Joseph meeting, July 11

Click Here to register for Warrensburg meeting, August 1

National Telehealth Conference – Virtual, July 16

July 2, 2024

National Telehealth Conference – Virtual, July 16

The Health Resources and Services Administration is hosting a virtual National Telehealth Conference to bring public and private sector leaders together to discuss telehealth best practices.

Conference Topics Include:

  • Licensing across state lines to increase access to behavioral health care
  • Implications of health policy to inform telehealth’s future
  • Expanding access to services for underserved and low-income communities
  • Exploring health care innovations and future telehealth technologies
  • Improving health equity through expansion of broadband connectivity and adoption of telehealth

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 CT

Register Here

Funding Opportunity: Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – Apply by August 2

July 2, 2024

Funding Opportunity: Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – Apply by August 2

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for a total of approximately $7 million over four years.

The purpose of the Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination (Delta MCC) Program – HRSA-24-120 is to improve and increase access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy.

Objectives:

  • Use care coordination strategies to enhance and expand access to perinatal services in the Delta Region
  • Utilize evidence-based, promising practices and/or value-based care models in the planning and delivery of perinatal services
  • Identify barriers to providing maternal health care in the region and strategies for addressing such barriers
  • Develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services and communication systems

Eligible applicants

  • Public, private, or nonprofit organizations located within the parishes and counties served by the federal Delta Regional Authority.

An hour-long technical assistance webinar for applicants will be held on Tuesday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m. CT.

Learn More – HRSA-24-120

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

July 2, 2024

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) is to increase the nursing workforce in rural (non-metro) and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.

The NEPQR-WEP enhances nursing education and clinical practice through additional training of associate and baccalaureate degree nursing students.

Apply by July 26, 2024

Questions? Contact Kirk Koyama, kkoyama@hrsa.gov, (301) 443-4926

Learn More about NEPQR – HRSA-24-098

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

July 2, 2024

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

The Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program is accepting applications through July 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m. ET.

This program will award up to $100,000 in student loan repayment to eligible professionals in exchange for a three-year, full-time service commitment to work or participate in a fellowship or residency in a Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program approved facility.

Eligibility

You must be:

  • A United States citizen, national or permanent resident
  • Fully licensed or credentialed in an eligible discipline
  • One of the following:
  • A full-time employee or a clinician who has accepted a position at a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility, located in or serving a health professional shortage area (HPSA), a medically underserved area (MUA), or a medically underserved population (MUP)
  • A health-professional entering or receiving training in an accredited pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty residency, or fellowship at a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility located in or serving a health professional shortage area (HPSA), a medically underserved area (MUA), or a medically underserved population (MUP)

Learn More and Apply

New Articles – Today’s Essential Health Workforce Updates

June 27, 2024

New Articles – Today’s Essential Health Workforce Updates

Check out these new articles, which were funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through BHW’s Health Workforce Research Centers:

Call for Nominations: Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee

June 27, 2024

Call for Nominations: Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is accepting nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC).

This independent federal advisory committee consists of eleven members from a wide-range of backgrounds who make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on stakeholder-submitted physician-focused payment models and related topics.

The group is supported by staff from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) within HHS.  Last year, the group held meetings in September addressing:

  • Challenges facing patients and providers in rural communities
  • Approaches for incorporating rural providers in provider-based total cost of care (PB-TCOC) model design
  • Provider perspectives on payment issues related to rural providers in PB-TCOC models
  • Incentives for increasing rural providers’ participation in PB-TCOC models,
  • Successful interventions and models for encouraging value-based transformation in rural areas.

Click Here to Submit Nominations by July 10

MedPAC June Report to Congress Highlights Rural Considerations for Medicare Advantage Provider Networks

June 27, 2024

MedPAC June Report to Congress Highlights Rural Considerations for Medicare Advantage Provider Networks

As part of its mandate from Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reports each June on improvements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare program, including changes to health care delivery and the market for health care services.

This year’s report addresses approaches for:

  • Updating clinician payments
  • Incentivizing participation in alternative payment models
  • Rural considerations for network adequacy standards and prior authorization in Medicare Advantage
  • Assessing health care utilization data sources for Medicare Advantage enrollees
  • Paying for software technologies in Medicare
  • Medicare’s Acute Hospital Care at Home program.

Click Here to Read Full Report

New Funding Opportunity – Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – HRSA-24-120

June 26, 2024

New Funding Opportunity – Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – HRSA-24-120

The Health Resources and Services Administration has announced new funding available for the Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program, HRSA-24-120.

The focus of this funding opportunity is on strengthening maternal care and reducing disparities in the Delta Region, by expanding access and coordination of health care services before, during, and after pregnancy.

The funding will work to address unacceptable rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the regions.

Up to four cooperative agreements will be awarded to recipients in the Delta region, totaling approximately $7 million over four years (September 30, 2024 – September 29, 2028).

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will hold a technical assistance webinar on Tuesday July 9th from 3 – 4 p.m. ET.

Review the funding opportunity to learn more about eligibility & apply

For questions contact: Nikita Patel, DeltaMCCProgram@hrsa.gov, 301 594-3288