Health Resources and Services Administration, 62243 [2012-25192]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 198 / Friday, October 12, 2012 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Dated: October 9, 2012. Jill Hartzler Warner, Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs. wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES be scheduled between approximately 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on November 2, 2012. Those individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before October 25, 2012. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. 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Status: The meeting will be open to the public. Agenda: The Council is convening in Rockville, Maryland, to hear HRSA and NHSC program updates and discuss NHSC’s retention strategy and inter-agency workforce efforts. A portion of the meeting will be open for public comment and questions on November 2. The public can join the meeting via audio conference call on the dates and times specified above using the following information: Dial-in number: 1–888–455– 9651; Passcode: 7699967. For Further Information Contact: Njeri Jones, Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 13–64, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; email: NJones@hrsa.gov; Telephone: 301–443–2541. Dated: October 5, 2012. Bahar Niakan, Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination. [FR Doc. 2012–25192 Filed 10–11–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS. ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive Replacement Award to Siloam Springs Regional Health Cooperative, Inc. AGENCY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is issuing a non-competitive replacement award under the Rural Health Network Development Program to the Siloam SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:59 Oct 11, 2012 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62243 Springs Regional Health Cooperative, Inc. This non-competitive replacement award will continue activities to improve the treatment and prevention of chronic disease, increase provider knowledge and effective use of health information technology and perform network development activities to ensure the sustainability and viability of a rural health network in order to serve rural, medically underserved residents in rural, northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Former Grantee of Record: ARcare. Original Period of Grant Support: May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2014. Replacement Awardee: Siloam Springs Regional Health Cooperative, Inc. Amount of Replacement Award: $179,748. Period of Replacement Award: The period of support for this award is October 1, 2012, to April 30, 2014. Authority: Section 330A(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254(c)(f), as amended. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.912. Justification for the Exception to Competition: The primary goals of the project funded through the Rural Health Network Development Grant Program are to improve the capacity of network members to treat and prevent chronic disease, increase provider knowledge and effective use of health information technology, and strengthen network sustainability. The current grantee, ARcare, was originally awarded the Rural Health Network Development Grant D06RH21666 on May 1, 2011, to serve as the grantee of record representing the rural health network serving counties in northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma. Since May 1, 2011, the Siloam Springs Regional Health Cooperative, Inc. (SSRHC), an organization composed of the participating network members, was primarily responsible for administering the program activities of the Rural Health Network Development Project. SSRHC has now obtained 501(c)3 status; and ARcare notified HRSA that, while they will remain involved in the project, they would like to relinquish their responsibilities as grantee of record to SSRHC to ensure efficient administration of the award and strengthen the Network’s future viability and growth. SSRHC has demonstrated a history of successfully managing and achieving project goals and now has the organizational structure to support the fiscal management responsibilities of the grant. This replacement award will E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Health Resources and Services Administration

National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: National Advisory Council on the National Health Service 
Corps (NHSC).
    Dates and Times: November 1, 2012--8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., November 
2, 2012--8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
    Place: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 
Parklawn Building (and via audio conference call), 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 16-49, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Agenda: The Council is convening in Rockville, Maryland, to hear 
HRSA and NHSC program updates and discuss NHSC's retention strategy 
and inter-agency workforce efforts. A portion of the meeting will be 
open for public comment and questions on November 2.
    The public can join the meeting via audio conference call on the 
dates and times specified above using the following information: 
Dial-in number: 1-888-455-9651; Passcode: 7699967.
    For Further Information Contact: Njeri Jones, Bureau of 
Clinician Recruitment and Service, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 13-64, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857; email: NJones@hrsa.gov; Telephone: 301-
443-2541.

    Dated: October 5, 2012.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-25192 Filed 10-11-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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