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Dated: August 12, 2009.
Richard Nahin,
Senior Advisor for Scientific Coordination
and Outreach, National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Office of Health Information
Technology, Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of non-competitive
supplemental funding to Center for
Telehealth & E-Health Law.
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
issuing non-competitive supplemental
funding under the Office of Health
Information Technology, Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth, Telehealth
Resource Center Grant Program to
ensure that the Center for Telehealth &
E-Health Law, the National Telehealth
Resource Center (NTRC) in Washington,
DC, can continue to provide much
needed technical assistance services to
the Regional Telehealth Resource
Centers (RTRCs), HRSA grantees and
new and existing telehealth
organizations in order to address legal
and regulatory barriers to the effective
implementation of telehealth
technologies at the State and national
level.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award:
Center for Telehealth & E–Health Law.
Amount of the Non-Competitive
Supplemental Funding: $225,000.
Project Period: The original project
period for this grant is September 1,
2008, through August 31, 2009.
Period of Supplemental Support:
September 1, 2009, through August 31,
2010.
Authority: This activity is under the
authority of the Health Care Safety Net
Amendments of 2002, section 330I(d)(2)
of the Public Health Service Act as
amended.
Catalogue of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number: 93.211.
Background
The purpose of the National
Telehealth Resource Center is to support
the RTRCs and other relevant
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organizations by providing technical
assistance to address the policy,
legislative, and regulatory barriers that
affect telehealth services at the national
and State levels, to give guidance to new
programs in the development and
implementation of an effective
sustainable telehealth program and
serve as a resource for existing programs
regarding changes in technology or
other issues affecting telehealth in a
State or region. The necessary
requirements to serve as a NTRC involve
the organization’s ability to recognize
critical policy, legislative, and
regulatory barriers to the deployment of
effective telehealth technologies. The
NTRC should have a means to facilitate
the transfer of knowledge between
telehealth programs and others in the
field. Additional requirements are the
establishment of an effective plan to
meet the demands for technical
assistance, conduct on-going analysis of
the market for its services and track
evolving trends in the market. The
NTRC has to address the following areas
in relation to telemedicine and the
exchange of health information across
institutions: State and Federal
regulations regarding privacy, security,
reimbursement, licensure, Internet
practice, telecommunications,
technology safety, etc.
CTeL will continue assessing clients’
needs to develop technical assistance
products as well as a means for
marketing these products, maintaining
its Web site, providing technical
assistance to new and existing
telehealth organizations, implementing
special projects that involve
collaboration among the RTRCs,
conducting quarterly roundtables with
the RTRC’s, planning and inviting the
RTRCs to participate in the biannual
collaboration meetings. CTeL will also
ensure that the RTRC’s are adequately
represented at all telehealth conferences
and events. CTeL will share its expertise
in legal and regulatory issues at
conferences, work shops and
roundtables, including the OAT Annual
Telehealth Workshop.
HRSA will hold another full and open
competition for the National Telehealth
Resource Center in 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D., Director, or
Monica Cowan, Public Health Analyst,
Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth, Office of Health Information
Technology, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Room 7C–26,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857; phone 301–443–3682 (Puskin) or
301–443–0076; e-mail
dpuskin@hrsa.gov or mcowan@hrsa.gov.
Justication for Non-Competitive
Supplemental Funding
The Telehealth Resource Center Grant
Program competition yielded 17
applicants requesting to serve as a
Regional Telehealth Resource Center.
HRSA received no applications for the
National Telehealth Resource Center
(NTRC). Since no organization applied
to serve in the capacity as a NTRC, it is
urgent that the Center for Telehealth &
E–Health Law (CTeL) continue to
provide its services until next year
without disruption when HRSA can
conduct a new competition for the
provision of these services.
CTeL has served as the National
Telehealth Resource Center since
September 2006. Continued funding
from HRSA will allow CTeL to continue
convening telehealth leaders from
around the nation to discuss key legal
and regulatory issues facing the
telehealth industry. CTeL will continue
to monitor and analyze State and
national legislation, such as
reimbursement, licensure, privacy,
security and confidentiality, Food and
Drug Administration regulation, private
credentialing and accreditation issues as
well as telecommunications issues,
changes in technology or any other
barriers that affect the delivery of
telehealth services. During the extension
Dated: July 16, 2009.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Office of Health Information Technology, Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of non-competitive supplemental funding to Center for
Telehealth & E-Health Law.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
issuing non-competitive supplemental funding under the Office of Health
Information Technology, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth,
Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program to ensure that the Center for
Telehealth & E-Health Law, the National Telehealth Resource Center
(NTRC) in Washington, DC, can continue to provide much needed technical
assistance services to the Regional Telehealth Resource Centers
(RTRCs), HRSA grantees and new and existing telehealth organizations in
order to address legal and regulatory barriers to the effective
implementation of telehealth technologies at the State and national
level.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: Center for Telehealth & E-Health
Law.
Amount of the Non-Competitive Supplemental Funding: $225,000.
Project Period: The original project period for this grant is
September 1, 2008, through August 31, 2009.
Period of Supplemental Support: September 1, 2009, through August
31, 2010.
Authority: This activity is under the authority of the Health Care
Safety Net Amendments of 2002, section 330I(d)(2) of the Public Health
Service Act as amended.
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.211.
Background
The purpose of the National Telehealth Resource Center is to
support the RTRCs and other relevant organizations by providing
technical assistance to address the policy, legislative, and regulatory
barriers that affect telehealth services at the national and State
levels, to give guidance to new programs in the development and
implementation of an effective sustainable telehealth program and serve
as a resource for existing programs regarding changes in technology or
other issues affecting telehealth in a State or region. The necessary
requirements to serve as a NTRC involve the organization's ability to
recognize critical policy, legislative, and regulatory barriers to the
deployment of effective telehealth technologies. The NTRC should have a
means to facilitate the transfer of knowledge between telehealth
programs and others in the field. Additional requirements are the
establishment of an effective plan to meet the demands for technical
assistance, conduct on-going analysis of the market for its services
and track evolving trends in the market. The NTRC has to address the
following areas in relation to telemedicine and the exchange of health
information across institutions: State and Federal regulations
regarding privacy, security, reimbursement, licensure, Internet
practice, telecommunications, technology safety, etc.
Justication for Non-Competitive Supplemental Funding
The Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program competition yielded 17
applicants requesting to serve as a Regional Telehealth Resource
Center. HRSA received no applications for the National Telehealth
Resource Center (NTRC). Since no organization applied to serve in the
capacity as a NTRC, it is urgent that the Center for Telehealth & E-
Health Law (CTeL) continue to provide its services until next year
without disruption when HRSA can conduct a new competition for the
provision of these services.
CTeL has served as the National Telehealth Resource Center since
September 2006. Continued funding from HRSA will allow CTeL to continue
convening telehealth leaders from around the nation to discuss key
legal and regulatory issues facing the telehealth industry. CTeL will
continue to monitor and analyze State and national legislation, such as
reimbursement, licensure, privacy, security and confidentiality, Food
and Drug Administration regulation, private credentialing and
accreditation issues as well as telecommunications issues, changes in
technology or any other barriers that affect the delivery of telehealth
services. During the extension CTeL will continue assessing clients'
needs to develop technical assistance products as well as a means for
marketing these products, maintaining its Web site, providing technical
assistance to new and existing telehealth organizations, implementing
special projects that involve collaboration among the RTRCs, conducting
quarterly roundtables with the RTRC's, planning and inviting the RTRCs
to participate in the biannual collaboration meetings. CTeL will also
ensure that the RTRC's are adequately represented at all telehealth
conferences and events. CTeL will share its expertise in legal and
regulatory issues at conferences, work shops and roundtables, including
the OAT Annual Telehealth Workshop.
HRSA will hold another full and open competition for the National
Telehealth Resource Center in 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D., Director, or
Monica Cowan, Public Health Analyst, Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth, Office of Health Information Technology, Health Resources
and Services Administration, Room 7C-26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857; phone 301-443-3682 (Puskin) or 301-443-0076; e-mail
dpuskin@hrsa.gov or mcowan@hrsa.gov.
Dated: July 16, 2009.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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