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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of
National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
Personnel Obligated Under the NHSC
Scholarship Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: General notice.
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
announces that the listing of entities,
and their Health Professional Shortage
Area (HPSA) scores, that will receive
priority for the assignment of National
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Health Service Corps (NHSC)
scholarship recipients (NHSC
Personnel, NHSC members) during the
period July 1, 2010, through June 30,
2011, is posted on the NHSC Web site
at https://nhscjobs.hrsa.gov/. This list
specifies which entities are eligible to
receive assignment of NHSC members
who are participating in the NHSC
Scholarship Program. Please note that
not all vacancies associated with sites
on the list described below will be for
NHSC members, but could be for NHSC
Scholarship Program participants
serving their obligation through the
Private Practice Option.
Eligible HPSAs and Entities
To be eligible to receive assignment of
NHSC personnel, entities must: (1) Have
a current HPSA designation by the
Office of Shortage Designation, Bureau
of Health Professions, HRSA; (2) not
deny requested health care services, or
discriminate in the provision of services
to an individual because the individual
is unable to pay for the services or
because payment for the services would
be made under Medicare, Medicaid, or
the Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP); (3) enter into an
agreement with the State agency that
administers Medicaid and CHIP, accept
assignment under Medicare, see all
patients regardless of their ability to
pay, and use and post a discounted fee
plan; and (4) be determined by the
Secretary to have: (a) a need and
demand for health manpower in the
area; (b) appropriately and efficiently
used NHSC members assigned to the
entity in the past; (c) general community
support for the assignment of NHSC
members; (d) made unsuccessful efforts
to recruit; (e) a reasonable prospect for
sound fiscal management by the entity
with respect to NHSC members assigned
there; and (f) demonstrated a
willingness to support and facilitate
mentorship, professional development,
and training opportunities for NHSC
members. Priority in approving
applications for assignment of NHSC
members goes to sites that: (1) Provide
primary medical care, mental health,
and/or oral health services to a primary
medical care, mental health, or dental
HPSA of greatest shortage, respectively;
(2) are part of a system of care that
provides a continuum of services,
including comprehensive primary
health care and appropriate referrals or
arrangements for secondary and tertiary
care; (3) have a documented record of
sound fiscal management; and (4) will
experience a negative impact on its
capacity to provide primary health
services if a NHSC member is not
assigned to the entity.
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Entities that receive assignment of
NHSC personnel must assure that: (1)
the position will permit the full scope
of practice and that the clinician meets
the credentialing requirements of the
State and site; and (2) the NHSC
member assigned to the entity is
engaged in full-time clinical practice at
the approved service location. For all
health professionals except those noted
below, ‘‘full-time clinical practice’’
means a minimum of 40 hours per week
with at least 32 hours per week spent
providing direct patient care in
outpatient ambulatory care setting(s) at
the approved practice site(s), during
normally scheduled office hours. The
remaining 8 hours of the minimum 40
hours per week must be spent providing
clinical services for patients in the
approved practice site(s), or providing
clinical services in alternative settings
(e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, shelters)
as directed by the approved practice
site(s), or performing practice-related
administrative duties not to exceed 8
hours per week. For obstetricians/
gynecologists, certified nurse midwives
(CNMs), family practitioners who
practice obstetrics on a regular basis,
psychiatrists, pediatric dentists, and
providers of geriatric services, at least
21 of the minimum 40 hours per week
must be spent providing direct patient
care (direct patient counseling for
psychiatrists) in the outpatient
ambulatory care setting(s) at the
approved practice site(s), during
normally scheduled office hours. The
remaining 19 hours of the minimum 40
hours per week must be spent providing
clinical services for patients in the
approved practice site(s), or providing
clinical services in alternative settings
(e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, shelters)
as directed by the approved practice
site(s), or performing practice-related
administrative activities (not to exceed
8 hours per week). For all NHSC
Scholars, time spent on-call does not
count toward the 40 hours per week. In
addition, sites receiving assignment of
NHSC personnel are expected to: (1)
Report to the NHSC all absences,
including those in excess of the
authorized number of days (up to 35
work days or 280 hours per service
year); (2) report to the NHSC any change
in the status of an NHSC clinician at the
site; (3) provide the time and leave
records, schedules, and any related
personnel documents for NHSC
assignees (including documentation, if
applicable, of the reason(s) for the
termination of an NHSC clinician’s
employment at the site prior to his or
her obligated service end date); and (4)
submit a Uniform Data System (UDS)
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report. The UDS system allows the site
to assess the age, sex, race/ethnicity of,
and provider encounter records for, its
user population. The UDS reports are
site specific. Providers fulfilling NHSC
commitments are assigned to a specific
site or, in some cases, more than one
site. The scope of activity to be reported
in UDS includes all activity at the site(s)
to which the NHSC member is assigned.
Evaluation and Selection Process
In order for a site to be eligible for
placement of NHSC personnel, it must
be approved by the NHSC following the
site’s submission of a Multi-Year
Recruitment and Retention (R&R)
Assistance Application. The R&R
Application approval is good for a
period of 3 years from the date of
approval.
In approving applications for the
assignment of NHSC members, the
Secretary shall give priority to any such
application that is made regarding the
provision of primary health services to
a HPSA with the greatest shortage. For
the program year July 1, 2010, through
June 30, 2011, HPSAs of greatest
shortage for determination of priority for
assignment of NHSC scholarshipobligated NHSC personnel will be
defined as follows: (1) Primary medical
care HPSAs with scores of 17 and above
are authorized for the assignment of
NHSC scholarship recipients who are
primary care physicians, family nurse
practitioners (NPs), or CNMs; (2) mental
health HPSAs with scores of 17 and
above are authorized for the assignment
of NHSC scholarship recipients who are
psychiatrists; (3) primary medical care
HPSAs with scores of 15 and above are
authorized for the assignment of NHSC
scholarship recipients who are
physician assistants (PAs); (4) dental
HPSAs with scores of 17 and above are
authorized for the assignment of NHSC
scholarship recipients who are dentists.
The NHSC has determined that a
minimum HPSA score of 15 for
Physician Assistants, and 17 for all
other eligible clinicians will enable it to
meet its statutory obligation to identify
a number of approved service sites at
least equal to, but not greater than, twice
the number of NHSC scholars available
to serve in the 2010–2011 placement
cycle.
The number of new NHSC placements
through the Scholarship Program
allowed at any one site is limited to the
following:
(1) Primary Medical Care
No more than 1 physician (MD or
DO); and no more than 1 NP, PA, or
CNM.
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(2) Dental
No more than 1 dentist.
(3) Mental Health
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Application Requests, Dates and
Address
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
The list of HPSAs and entities that are
eligible to receive priority for the
placement of NHSC personnel may be
updated periodically. Entities that no
longer meet eligibility criteria, including
those sites whose NHSC 3-year approval
has lapsed or whose HPSA designation
has been proposed for withdrawal will
be removed from the priority listing.
New entities interested in being added
to the high priority list must submit a
Multi-Year NHSC R&R Assistance
Application to: National Health Service
Corps, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A–30,
Rockville, MD 20857, fax 301–594–
9009.
Entities interested in receiving
application materials may do so by
calling the HRSA call center at 1–800–
221–9393. They may also get
information and download application
materials at: https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/
communities/apply.htm.
A listing of HPSAs and their scores is
posted at https://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/.
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Entities wishing to provide additional
data and information in support of their
inclusion on the proposed list of HPSAs
and entities that would receive priority
in assignment of scholarship-obligated
NHSC members must do so in writing
no later than July 26, 2010. This
information should be submitted to:
Lori Roche, Acting Director, Division of
Site and Clinician Recruitment, Bureau
of Clinician Recruitment and Service,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A–55,
Rockville, MD 20857 or faxed to: 301–
480–4577, attention: Lori Roche. This
information will be considered in
preparing the final list of HPSAs and
entities that are receiving priority for the
assignment of scholarship-obligated
NHSC personnel.
Paperwork Reduction Act: The R&R
Assistance Application has been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget under the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The OMB clearance
number is 0915–0230 and expires
September 30, 2011.
The program is not subject to the
provisions of Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs (as implemented through 45
CFR part 100).
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
This notice amends Part R of the
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) (60 FR
56605, as amended November 6, 1995;
as last amended at 75 FR 12559 dated
March 16, 2010).
This notice reflects organizational
changes in the Health Resources and
Services Administration. Specifically,
this notice updates the functional
statement for the Office of Acquisitions
Management and Policy (RB3) within
the Office of Operations (RB).
Chapter RB3, Office of Acquisitions
Management and Policy
Section RB3–10, Organization
Additional Information
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Delete in its entirety and replace with
the following:
The Office of Acquisitions
Management and Policy (RB3) is headed
by the Director who reports directly to
the Chief Operating Officer, Health
Resources and Services Administration.
The Office of Acquisitions Management
and Policy (RB3) includes the following
components:
(1) Immediate Office of the Director
(RB3);
(2) Division of Contract Services for
Primary Care, Health Systems and
Clinician Recruitment and Retention
(RB35);
(3) Division of Contract Services for
Maternal and Child Health and
Administrative Support Offices
(RB36);
(4) Division of Contact Services for
HIV/AIDS, Health Professions, Rural
Health and Grants Management (RB37);
and
(5) Division of Contracts
Administration (RB38).
Section RB3–20, Functions
(1) Delete the functions for the Office
of Acquisitions Management and Policy
(RB3) in its entirety and replace with
the following:
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(1) Provides leadership in the
planning, development, and
implementation of policies and
procedures for contracts; (2) exercises
the sole responsibility within HRSA for
the award and management of contracts;
(3) provides advice and consultation of
interpretation and application of the
Department of Health and Human
Services’ policies and procedures
governing contracts management and
inter/intra agency agreements; (4)
develops operating procedures and
policies for the Agency’s contracts
programs and inter/intra agency
agreements; (5) establishes standards,
guides and evaluation procedures for
contract operations throughout the
Agency; (6) coordinates the Agency’s
positions and actions with respect to the
audit of contracts; (7) maintains liaison
directly with or through Agency
Bureaus or Offices with contractors,
other organizations, and various
components of the Department; (8)
provides leadership, guidance, and
advice on the promotion of the activities
in HRSA relating to procurement and
material management governed by the
Small Business Act of 1958, Executive
Order 11625, other statutes and national
policy directives for augmenting the role
of private industry, small and minority
businesses as sources of supply to the
Government and Government
contractors; and (9) plans, directs, and
coordinates the Agency’s sourcing
program.
Division of Contract Services for
Primary Care, Health Systems and
Clinician Recruitment and Retention
(RB35)
(1) Responsible for providing
comprehensive acquisition services
including planning, soliciting,
negotiating, awarding, and
administering simplified and negotiated
procurement actions tailored to the
following functions in HRSA:
a. Funding health centers in
communities, providing access to high
quality, family oriented, comprehensive
primary and preventive health care for
people who are low income, uninsured,
or living where health care is scarce;
b. Helping underserved communities
and facilities experiencing critical
shortages of health care providers,
recruit and retain clinicians through
scholarship and educational loan
repayment opportunities in exchange
for service; and
c. Protecting the public health and
promoting practices that improve
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) Personnel Obligated Under the NHSC Scholarship Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
announces that the listing of entities, and their Health Professional
Shortage Area (HPSA) scores, that will receive priority for the
assignment of National
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Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship recipients (NHSC Personnel,
NHSC members) during the period July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, is
posted on the NHSC Web site at https://nhscjobs.hrsa.gov/. This list
specifies which entities are eligible to receive assignment of NHSC
members who are participating in the NHSC Scholarship Program. Please
note that not all vacancies associated with sites on the list described
below will be for NHSC members, but could be for NHSC Scholarship
Program participants serving their obligation through the Private
Practice Option.
Eligible HPSAs and Entities
To be eligible to receive assignment of NHSC personnel, entities
must: (1) Have a current HPSA designation by the Office of Shortage
Designation, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA; (2) not deny requested
health care services, or discriminate in the provision of services to
an individual because the individual is unable to pay for the services
or because payment for the services would be made under Medicare,
Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); (3) enter
into an agreement with the State agency that administers Medicaid and
CHIP, accept assignment under Medicare, see all patients regardless of
their ability to pay, and use and post a discounted fee plan; and (4)
be determined by the Secretary to have: (a) a need and demand for
health manpower in the area; (b) appropriately and efficiently used
NHSC members assigned to the entity in the past; (c) general community
support for the assignment of NHSC members; (d) made unsuccessful
efforts to recruit; (e) a reasonable prospect for sound fiscal
management by the entity with respect to NHSC members assigned there;
and (f) demonstrated a willingness to support and facilitate
mentorship, professional development, and training opportunities for
NHSC members. Priority in approving applications for assignment of NHSC
members goes to sites that: (1) Provide primary medical care, mental
health, and/or oral health services to a primary medical care, mental
health, or dental HPSA of greatest shortage, respectively; (2) are part
of a system of care that provides a continuum of services, including
comprehensive primary health care and appropriate referrals or
arrangements for secondary and tertiary care; (3) have a documented
record of sound fiscal management; and (4) will experience a negative
impact on its capacity to provide primary health services if a NHSC
member is not assigned to the entity.
Entities that receive assignment of NHSC personnel must assure
that: (1) the position will permit the full scope of practice and that
the clinician meets the credentialing requirements of the State and
site; and (2) the NHSC member assigned to the entity is engaged in
full-time clinical practice at the approved service location. For all
health professionals except those noted below, ``full-time clinical
practice'' means a minimum of 40 hours per week with at least 32 hours
per week spent providing direct patient care in outpatient ambulatory
care setting(s) at the approved practice site(s), during normally
scheduled office hours. The remaining 8 hours of the minimum 40 hours
per week must be spent providing clinical services for patients in the
approved practice site(s), or providing clinical services in
alternative settings (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, shelters) as
directed by the approved practice site(s), or performing practice-
related administrative duties not to exceed 8 hours per week. For
obstetricians/gynecologists, certified nurse midwives (CNMs), family
practitioners who practice obstetrics on a regular basis,
psychiatrists, pediatric dentists, and providers of geriatric services,
at least 21 of the minimum 40 hours per week must be spent providing
direct patient care (direct patient counseling for psychiatrists) in
the outpatient ambulatory care setting(s) at the approved practice
site(s), during normally scheduled office hours. The remaining 19 hours
of the minimum 40 hours per week must be spent providing clinical
services for patients in the approved practice site(s), or providing
clinical services in alternative settings (e.g., hospitals, nursing
homes, shelters) as directed by the approved practice site(s), or
performing practice-related administrative activities (not to exceed 8
hours per week). For all NHSC Scholars, time spent on-call does not
count toward the 40 hours per week. In addition, sites receiving
assignment of NHSC personnel are expected to: (1) Report to the NHSC
all absences, including those in excess of the authorized number of
days (up to 35 work days or 280 hours per service year); (2) report to
the NHSC any change in the status of an NHSC clinician at the site; (3)
provide the time and leave records, schedules, and any related
personnel documents for NHSC assignees (including documentation, if
applicable, of the reason(s) for the termination of an NHSC clinician's
employment at the site prior to his or her obligated service end date);
and (4) submit a Uniform Data System (UDS) report. The UDS system
allows the site to assess the age, sex, race/ethnicity of, and provider
encounter records for, its user population. The UDS reports are site
specific. Providers fulfilling NHSC commitments are assigned to a
specific site or, in some cases, more than one site. The scope of
activity to be reported in UDS includes all activity at the site(s) to
which the NHSC member is assigned.
Evaluation and Selection Process
In order for a site to be eligible for placement of NHSC personnel,
it must be approved by the NHSC following the site's submission of a
Multi-Year Recruitment and Retention (R&R) Assistance Application. The
R&R Application approval is good for a period of 3 years from the date
of approval.
In approving applications for the assignment of NHSC members, the
Secretary shall give priority to any such application that is made
regarding the provision of primary health services to a HPSA with the
greatest shortage. For the program year July 1, 2010, through June 30,
2011, HPSAs of greatest shortage for determination of priority for
assignment of NHSC scholarship-obligated NHSC personnel will be defined
as follows: (1) Primary medical care HPSAs with scores of 17 and above
are authorized for the assignment of NHSC scholarship recipients who
are primary care physicians, family nurse practitioners (NPs), or CNMs;
(2) mental health HPSAs with scores of 17 and above are authorized for
the assignment of NHSC scholarship recipients who are psychiatrists;
(3) primary medical care HPSAs with scores of 15 and above are
authorized for the assignment of NHSC scholarship recipients who are
physician assistants (PAs); (4) dental HPSAs with scores of 17 and
above are authorized for the assignment of NHSC scholarship recipients
who are dentists. The NHSC has determined that a minimum HPSA score of
15 for Physician Assistants, and 17 for all other eligible clinicians
will enable it to meet its statutory obligation to identify a number of
approved service sites at least equal to, but not greater than, twice
the number of NHSC scholars available to serve in the 2010-2011
placement cycle.
The number of new NHSC placements through the Scholarship Program
allowed at any one site is limited to the following:
(1) Primary Medical Care
No more than 1 physician (MD or DO); and no more than 1 NP, PA, or
CNM.
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(2) Dental
No more than 1 dentist.
(3) Mental Health
No more than 1 psychiatrist.
Application Requests, Dates and Address
The list of HPSAs and entities that are eligible to receive
priority for the placement of NHSC personnel may be updated
periodically. Entities that no longer meet eligibility criteria,
including those sites whose NHSC 3-year approval has lapsed or whose
HPSA designation has been proposed for withdrawal will be removed from
the priority listing. New entities interested in being added to the
high priority list must submit a Multi-Year NHSC R&R Assistance
Application to: National Health Service Corps, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room
8A-30, Rockville, MD 20857, fax 301-594-9009.
Entities interested in receiving application materials may do so by
calling the HRSA call center at 1-800-221-9393. They may also get
information and download application materials at: https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/communities/apply.htm.
A listing of HPSAs and their scores is posted at https://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/.
Additional Information
Entities wishing to provide additional data and information in
support of their inclusion on the proposed list of HPSAs and entities
that would receive priority in assignment of scholarship-obligated NHSC
members must do so in writing no later than July 26, 2010. This
information should be submitted to: Lori Roche, Acting Director,
Division of Site and Clinician Recruitment, Bureau of Clinician
Recruitment and Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A-55, Rockville, MD
20857 or faxed to: 301-480-4577, attention: Lori Roche. This
information will be considered in preparing the final list of HPSAs and
entities that are receiving priority for the assignment of scholarship-
obligated NHSC personnel.
Paperwork Reduction Act: The R&R Assistance Application has been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The OMB clearance number is 0915-0230 and expires
September 30, 2011.
The program is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order
12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (as implemented
through 45 CFR part 100).
Dated: June 21, 2010.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-15356 Filed 6-23-10; 8:45 am]
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