Category: HRSA

HRSA Maternal & Child Health EnRICH Webinar – The National Survey of Children’s Health: New Data, Opportunities, and Directions

November 17, 2023

HRSA Maternal & Child Health EnRICH Webinar – The National Survey of Children’s Health: New Data, Opportunities, and Directions

Measuring and tracking key indicators of health and well-being among children is critical to ensuring the nation is prepared to meet their health and developmental needs as well as to ensure the long-term health of the country. The National Survey of Children’s Health is the largest national survey of children in the US, providing point in time as well as trend estimates on a wide range of indicators related to health status and health services needs of US children, and the family and community factors that can impact those needs.

In 2022, the National Survey of Children’s Health finalized content for “Healthy and Ready to Learn” – the first standardized, multidimensional population level measure of school readiness among children ages 3-5 in the US. This measure, in concert with additional content newly added or under development and the implementation of state oversamples allows the NSCH to remain on the cutting edge of children’s health surveillance and research.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe basic characteristics of the design and content of the National Survey of Children’s Health and how those characteristics impact the ability to address questions of interest related to children’s health and well-being.
  • Report on 1-3 key estimates or findings from the National Survey of Children’s Health specifically related to the new measure for Healthy and Ready to Learn.
  • Describe, in basic terms, 1-2 innovations being implemented or tested for implementation as part of the National Survey of Children’s Health

When: Tuesday, December 5, 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST

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New Funding Opportunity – Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program – HRSA-24-022

November 14, 2023

New Funding Opportunity – Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program – HRSA-24-022

The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program provides start-up funding to new rural residency programs, including rural track programs, to address physician workforce shortages in rural communities in:

  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • General Surgery
  • Preventive Medicine
  • obstetrics and gynecology

The purpose of the Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program  program is to improve and expand access to health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs) to address the physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities.

For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), rural residency programs are accredited physician residency programs that train residents in rural training sites for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency, and focus on producing physicians who will practice in rural communities. This includes programs that meet ACGME RTP Designation, including both new programs and permanent complement increases for new rural training site(s) for existing programs.

There are two pathways for this program:

  • General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway
  • Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway.

General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway – supports the development of new rural residency training programs that focus on training to meet significant rural health needs.

Eligible specialties:

  • Family medicine
  • Internal medicine
  • Preventive medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • General surgery

Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway – supports the development of new rural residency programs with a focus on training to provide high quality, evidence-based maternity care and obstetrical services in rural areas.

Eligible specialties:

  • Obstetrics-gynecology
  • Family medicine with enhanced obstetrical training
  • Enhanced obstetrical residency training must provide family medicine residents with extensive clinical experience in comprehensive maternity care, as outlined in ACGME’s program requirements, including dedicated training on labor and delivery and operative obstetrics.
  • These programs must have faculty with clinical expertise to prepare family medicine residents for the independent practice of obstetrics in rural communities.

Eligible Applicants Include:

  • Rural Hospitals
  • Graduate Medical Education Consortiums, including:
    • universities
    • Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    • Tribal Organizations

Application closes February 12, 2024

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Upcoming Webinar: RHC Emergency Preparedness 101 – Tuesday, November 7

October 26, 2023

Upcoming Webinar: RHC Emergency Preparedness 101 – Tuesday, November 7

Independent and provider-based Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) are require to develop and implement emergency preparedness policies and procedures at least every two years. During this free webinar FORHP-supported National Association of Rural Health Clinics will share an overview of RHC emergency preparedness requirements found in CMS regulations and guidance, important components of an emergency preparedness manual, learn sample exercises, and provide time for Q&A. Advanced registration is required.

Speaker

Scott Robbins, Practice Manager for the Southeast Pediatric Clinic in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

When: Tuesday, November 7, 3:00 p.m. ET

Cost: No Charge

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New Funding Opportunity: Rural Health Network Development Planning Program – HRSA-24-007

October 26, 2023

New Funding Opportunity: Rural Health Network Development Planning Program – HRSA-24-007

The purpose of the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (“Network Planning Program”) is to plan and develop integrated health care networks that collaborate to address the following legislative aims:

  • Achieve efficiencies
  • Expand access to and improve the quality of basic health care services and health outcomes
  • Strengthen the rural health care system

This program supports one year of planning and brings together members of the health care delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to establish and/or improve local capacity in order to strengthen rural community health interventions and enhance care coordination.

The Network Planning Program uses the concept of developing networks as a strategy toward linking rural health care network members together to address local challenges, and help rural stakeholders achieve greater collective capacity to overcome challenges related to limited economies of scale for individual hospitals, clinics or other key rural health care stakeholders.

Eligible Applicants

  • Nonprofits that do have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • State governments
  • Small businesses
  • County governments
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses
  • City or township governments
  • Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Special district governments

Additional Information on Eligibility

You can apply if your organization is in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau, and represents one or more of the following entity types:

  • Public or private
  • Non-profit or for-profit Community-based
  • Tribal governments (governments, organizations)

The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations, as communicated in the applicant organizations Project Abstract section of the application, describing in detail the applicant organizations experience and/or capacity to serve rural populations.

Approximately 30 awards, each up to $100,000, will allow networks to conduct planning activities over the course of one year with the goal of expanding access and improving quality of care in the rural communities they serve.

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) will host a one-hour webinar for applicants via Zoom on Tuesday November 14 at 3:00 ET.

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Applications Due January 26, 2024

Grantor Contract Information:

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Nikem Osian (301) 443-2751 or email nosian@hrsa.gov

Learn More

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Mobilizing Health Care Workforce via Telehealth

October 26, 2023

Mobilizing Health Care Workforce via Telehealth

ProviderBridge.org was created through the CARES Act by the Federation of State Medical Boards and HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth. The site provides up-to-date information on emergency regulation and licensing by state as well as a provider portal to connect volunteer health care professionals to state agencies and health care entities.

Provider Bridge facilitates mobilizing verified health care providers to health care entities and communities where they are needed most.

  • Healthcare Professionals – get your verified digital licensure passport
  • Healthcare Entities – Find verified health care providers
  • Verify credentials
  • Up-to-the-minute verification and critical emergency resources
  • Learn the latest about ongoing national, state, and local Public Health Emergencies and gain access to crucial tools that help deliver necessary care when and where it matters most

Learn more about Provider Bridge

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HHS/DoD National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network

October 26, 2023

HHS/DoD National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network

A joint program of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is available at no cost to hospitals caring for COVID-19 patients. Teams of critical care clinicians – critical care physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other specialized clinical experts – are available to deliver virtual care through telemedicine platforms, such as an app on a mobile device. Hear from participating clinicians, and email to learn more and sign up.

Patient and Provider Featured Telehealth Resources

October 17, 2023

Patient and Provider Featured Telehealth Resources

Want to learn more about telehealth? Need resources to guide your organization towards telehealth? Telehealth.HHS.gov shares trusted telehealth resources for patients and providers.

Resources for Providers Include:

  • Getting started with telehealth
    • How to evaluate telehealth vendors and begin offering care through telemedicine
  • Planning your telehealth workflow
    • How to set up and manage a workflow for virtual visits
  • Health equity in telehealth
    • How health care providers can improve access to telehealth for all populations
  • Preparing patients for telehealth
    • From scheduling to privacy, learn how to prepare your patients for virtual appointments to ensure their comfort and high quality care
  • Telehealth policy
    • Telehealth policy resources for health care providers and organizations
  • Billing for telehealth
    • Reimbursements for telehealth continue to evolve. Find resources on billing and reimbursement for Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers
  • Licensure
    • Telehealth licensure requirements vary at the federal, state, and cross-state levels for health care providers
  • Legal considerations
    • Read about the legal considerations for providing care through telehealth, including information on privacy and security, informed consent, and liability and malpractice
  • Best practice guides
    • Learn how to incorporate telehealth into your practice. Get resources and tips focused on different specialties and delivery models including telebehavioral health, telehealth for direct-to-consumer care, and telehealth for emergency departments.

Resources for Patients Include:

Prescribing Controlled Medications via Telehealth

October 17, 2023

Prescribing Controlled Medications via Telehealth

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), jointly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has extended the full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescribing of controlled medications as were in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), through December 31, 2024.

Authorized providers are able to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth if they meet certain criteria.

Telemedicine flexibilities regarding prescription of controlled medications as were in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency include:

  • A practitioner can prescribe a controlled substance to a patient using telemedicine, even if the patient isn’t at a hospital or clinic registered with the DEA.
  • Qualifying practitioners can prescribe buprenorphine to new and existing patients with opioid use disorder based on a telephone evaluation.

For more information, see:

Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telehealth

Second Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications – from the Federal Register

Interstate licensure resources for health care providers, states, and health care organizations

Telehealth Policy Updates

Free Training: Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care

October 17, 2023

Free Training: Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care

Nine modules on topics that include pregnancy care for patients with substance use disorder and the increasing rates of Hepatitis C are provided by the University of Rochester Recovery Center of Excellence, one of three FORHP-supported Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders.

These educational modules are available at no cost and carry continuing education credits.

To register, please click on the module title, in the list below:

 

COPD in Rural Communities: A Learn More Breathe Better® Webinar

October 17, 2023

COPD in Rural Communities: A Learn More Breathe Better® Webinar

Ahead of National COPD Awareness Month in November, HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will join the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Learn More Breathe Better® program and guest speakers to discuss this chronic lung disease and its impact in rural areas.

In this webinar, the Learn More Breathe Better® program will highlight resources you can use during National COPD Awareness Month in November and beyond. Guest presenters will speak about the impact of COPD on rural populations and how their programs address this disparity.

Guest speakers include:

  • Kristen Dillon, MD, FAAFP, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)
  • Sally T. Buck, MS, FACHE, National Rural Health Resource Center (NRHRC)
  • Hilary Payne, MPH, Appalachian Pulmonary Health Project

For educational resources, visit Learn More Breathe Better’s National COPD Awareness Month page.

Register to learn about efforts to address health disparities and improve the lives of those with COPD in rural communities.

When: Wednesday, October 18, 2:00 p.m. ET

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If you have any questions about the webinar or registration, please email Greta Gorman at greta.gorman@nih.gov.