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Dated: September 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
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Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Health Workforce Research Center
Cooperative Agreement Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Health
Professions (BHPr) is announcing a
change to its Health Workforce Research
Center cooperative agreement program.
Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) HRSA–13–185, issued on
November 26, 2012, announced HRSA’s
intent to fund Health Workforce
Research Centers (HWRCs) focusing on
research and technical assistance (TA).
The FOA identified five broad areas of
focus for research in HWRCs: Allied
health, long-term care, behavioral
health, oral health, and flexible use of
workers to improve care delivery and
efficiency. The concentration area,
‘‘flexible use of workers to improve care
delivery and efficiency,’’ was further
defined via published ‘‘frequently asked
questions’’ as an area intended to
address questions related to leveraging
the existing health workforce to improve
access to care, efficiency, and
effectiveness in care delivery. Suggested
topics for study included novel health
care roles, team-based care (including
the composition of teams and division
of responsibilities across a team),
professionals working at the top of their
skills and training, and delegation.
These proposed concentration areas
were selected as areas of critical
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importance to health workforce policies
and programs, as well as areas in which
substantial expertise exists outside the
government, indicating strong potential
for public benefit.
Applicants were asked to design a
portfolio consisting of six research or
TA projects, of which a subset would be
selected for completion in the first
budget period. Applicants were
instructed to use their own judgment
and expertise in designing a portfolio
that would address timely, relevant, and
important health workforce policy and
planning questions.
Though the FOA indicated the intent
to fund only one cooperative agreement
in each research focus area, the latitude
given to applicants in designing their
portfolios resulted in diverse
interpretations of the concentration
areas, particularly in the ‘‘flexible use of
workers’’ category. For example, the top
two ranked ‘‘flexible use of workers’’
HWRC (ranked at second and third in
the research category) have distinct
areas of focus. One focuses its portfolio
on use of workers in community health
centers, health IT, and telehealth. The
other focuses primarily on primary care,
including competencies for primary care
teams, temporal shifts between primary
and specialty practice over time, and
flexibility in primary vs. specialty care
service offerings. After further
consideration, and in light of growing
interest in promoting full and effective
use of health workers, HRSA has
concluded it is appropriate and
consistent with the intent of the FOA to
fund more than one cooperative
agreement in a single area of
concentration if the proposals cover
research on distinct issues of
importance.
With this in mind, BHPr intends to
fund two HWRCs in the concentration
area ‘‘flexible use of workers.’’ This
decision was made in light of the
critical importance of defining new and
emerging roles and models of the health
workforce to meet the nation’s changing
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health care needs. In addition, this
allows BHPr to fund directly down the
rank order list of applicants produced in
the independent review process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Glos, Management Analyst,
National Center for Health Workforce
Analysis, Bureau of Health Professions,
Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 9–57, Rockville, Maryland 20852,
by phone: (301) 443–3579; fax: (301)
443–6380; or email: mglos@hrsa.gov.
Dated: September 5, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Workforce Research Center Cooperative Agreement Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) is announcing a change
to its Health Workforce Research Center cooperative agreement program.
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) HRSA-13-185, issued on November
26, 2012, announced HRSA's intent to fund Health Workforce Research
Centers (HWRCs) focusing on research and technical assistance (TA). The
FOA identified five broad areas of focus for research in HWRCs: Allied
health, long-term care, behavioral health, oral health, and flexible
use of workers to improve care delivery and efficiency. The
concentration area, ``flexible use of workers to improve care delivery
and efficiency,'' was further defined via published ``frequently asked
questions'' as an area intended to address questions related to
leveraging the existing health workforce to improve access to care,
efficiency, and effectiveness in care delivery. Suggested topics for
study included novel health care roles, team-based care (including the
composition of teams and division of responsibilities across a team),
professionals working at the top of their skills and training, and
delegation. These proposed concentration areas were selected as areas
of critical importance to health workforce policies and programs, as
well as areas in which substantial expertise exists outside the
government, indicating strong potential for public benefit.
Applicants were asked to design a portfolio consisting of six
research or TA projects, of which a subset would be selected for
completion in the first budget period. Applicants were instructed to
use their own judgment and expertise in designing a portfolio that
would address timely, relevant, and important health workforce policy
and planning questions.
Though the FOA indicated the intent to fund only one cooperative
agreement in each research focus area, the latitude given to applicants
in designing their portfolios resulted in diverse interpretations of
the concentration areas, particularly in the ``flexible use of
workers'' category. For example, the top two ranked ``flexible use of
workers'' HWRC (ranked at second and third in the research category)
have distinct areas of focus. One focuses its portfolio on use of
workers in community health centers, health IT, and telehealth. The
other focuses primarily on primary care, including competencies for
primary care teams, temporal shifts between primary and specialty
practice over time, and flexibility in primary vs. specialty care
service offerings. After further consideration, and in light of growing
interest in promoting full and effective use of health workers, HRSA
has concluded it is appropriate and consistent with the intent of the
FOA to fund more than one cooperative agreement in a single area of
concentration if the proposals cover research on distinct issues of
importance.
With this in mind, BHPr intends to fund two HWRCs in the
concentration area ``flexible use of workers.'' This decision was made
in light of the critical importance of defining new and emerging roles
and models of the health workforce to meet the nation's changing health
care needs. In addition, this allows BHPr to fund directly down the
rank order list of applicants produced in the independent review
process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Glos, Management Analyst,
National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 9-57, Rockville, Maryland 20852, by phone: (301) 443-3579;
fax: (301) 443-6380; or email: mglos@hrsa.gov.
Dated: September 5, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-22105 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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