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Name: National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Hearing
of the Subcommittee on Standards.
Dates and Times: Tuesday, August 25,
2020: 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EDT;
Wednesday, August 26, 2020: 8:30 a.m.–
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hearing, the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS),
Subcommittee on Standards, will
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Committee on Operating Rules for
Information Exchange (CORE) Board, to
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CAQH CORE developed these rules for
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William W. Stead, Chair, National
Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics, requesting the changes and a
summary of the operating rules are
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Healthcare Preparedness
Programs (NHPP); Single Source
Cooperative Agreement to the
American Red Cross
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Healthcare
Preparedness Programs (NHPP) Branch
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response (ASPR),
in the Department of Health and Human
Services intends to provide a Single
Source Cooperative Agreement to the
American Red Cross. The Cooperative
Agreement will support the stability of
the American Red Cross blood
operations and humanitarian services
during the COVID–19 pandemic. The
total proposed cost of the Single Source
Cooperative Agreement is not to exceed
$118,000,000 for a total of 12 months.
DATES: The period of performance is
from June 22, 2020 to June 21, 2021. The
recipient may use a portion of the
funding to retroactively compensate
costs for preparedness activities
undertaken since January 20, 2020. The
recipient must request retroactive
compensation at the time of the
application, and the request should
contain the following information: Time
period; line item budget for the period;
and, narrative description of the
COVID–19 preparedness activities.
Award amount: Estimate $118,000,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer.Hannah@hhs.gov, (202) 245–
0722.
SUMMARY:
The
National Healthcare Preparedness
Program (NHPP) Branch is the program
office for this Cooperative Agreement:
Single Source Justification: The
American Red Cross is both the largest
provider of blood products in the nation
and the largest global humanitarian
network, as well as a critical partner to
the U.S. Government in bolstering the
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strength of health care during national
emergencies. The American Red Cross
and NHPP will collaborate to maintain
American Red Cross operations and
support the nation’s health care during
the COVID–19 pandemic. This
collaboration will enable hospitals and
other health care entities to meet
demand for blood supply and avoid
shortages of this lifesaving medical
resource, as well as sustain the
American Red Cross’s disaster relief
work, which provides supplies,
financial assistance, food, and
connections to health care providers to
communities during large scale
disasters. During this unprecedented
outbreak, it is particularly important to
maintain continuity of vital disaster
relief operations and to preserve the
strength of America’s blood supply. The
American Red Cross is facing increased
costs—for example, for supplies and
equipment related to infection control
during blood donation operations. As
the nation moves out of response and
into recovery from COVID–19, it will be
vital to maintain operations in order to
ensure communities have uninterrupted
access to the American Red Cross’s
frontline humanitarian services and to
prevent health care from facing blood
supply shortages at an already
precarious time. There is no direct
equivalent of the American Red Cross,
which supported more than 97,300
households with recovery assistance
and provided over 6.4 million blood
products to help patients in Fiscal Year
2019 and which is uniquely positioned
to quickly respond to the demands of
the health care system. Supporting
collaboration between the U.S. Public
Health Service and public and private
community health programs and
agencies to respond to health
emergencies is an authority provided to
HHS under section 311(c)(1) of the
Public Health Service Act. Funding to
respond to the coronavirus, including
addressing the blood supply chain, is
appropriated to HHS in the CARES Act.
Collaboration with the American Red
Cross has the potential to augment
existing nationwide COVID–19
community relief efforts, and to provide
solutions and mitigate risks to the
nation’s blood supply. The dual
protection of American Red Cross’s
humanitarian aid network and its blood
operations, a piece of critical
infrastructure for the United States
health care system, is essential to
ASPR’s mission to save lives and protect
Americans against 21st century health
security threats. By collaborating with
the American Red Cross to meet new
challenges and costs incurred by the
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COVID–19 pandemic, maintain blood
supply and continuity of relief services,
and strengthen partnerships between
the American Red Cross and health care
coalitions supported through NHPP’s
Hospital Preparedness Program, NHPP’s
goal for this cooperative agreement is for
health care to be able to quickly draw
upon a strong public-private partnership
and humanitarian network to provide
lifesaving medical care for Americans—
now and in the future as the United
States continues to recover from this
pandemic event.
Dated: June 18, 2020.
Robert P. Kadlec,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Office of Clinical and Preventive
Services; Division of Oral Health;
Dental Preventive Clinical Support
Program
Announcement Type: New and
Competing Continuation
Funding Announcement Number: HHS–
2020–IHS–TDCP–0001
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number: 93.933
Key Dates
Application Deadline Date:
September 21, 2020.
Earliest Anticipated Start Date:
September 15, 2020.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Statutory Authority
The Indian Health Service (IHS),
Office of Clinical and Preventive
Services, Division of Oral Health (DOH),
is accepting applications for grants for
the Dental Preventive and Clinical
Support Centers Program. This program
is authorized under 25 U.S.C. 13,
Snyder Act; 42 U.S.C. 2001, Transfer
Act; and 25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(IHCIA). This program is described in
the Assistance Listings located at
https://beta.sam.gov (formerly known as
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
under 93.933.
Background
The primary users of a support center
are IHS, Tribal, and urban dental
programs and personnel throughout an
IHS area or broad geographic region.
Most users are not dental patients or
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Tribes. The primary function of a
support center is not the direct
provision of clinical care. Well-designed
support centers will positively impact
and document oral health outcomes for
patients, primarily by providing
guidance to field programs and
addressing the assessed and perceived
needs of dental personnel and IHS/
Tribal/urban (I/T/U) dental programs.
Proposed programs that focus on one
locale or on clinical or preventive care
alone, with no concomitant focus on a
regional or area support-oriented
component for the dental program,
although well-intentioned and of
potential value, are not responsive to
this announcement or to the support
center project.
Purpose
The purpose of this IHS grant program
is to combine existing resources and
infrastructure with IHS Headquarters
(HQ) and IHS area resources in order to
address the broad challenges and
opportunities associated with IHS
preventive and clinical dental programs.
In accordance with the recently stated
priorities of the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) regarding the need to
achieve ‘‘higher value’’ health care
services, the dental support centers will
address two priority goals: (1) Provide
support, guidance, training, and
enhancement of I/T/U dental programs
within their area; and (2) ensure that the
services of the support centers and the
I/T/U/dental programs result in
measurable improvements in the oral
health status of the American Indian/
Alaska Native (AI/AN) patients served.
In order to address these two goals, a
strong, collaborative working
relationship with the IHS HQ Division
of Oral Health (DOH) and the Area
Dental Director or Area Dental Officer
should be maintained. In short, support
centers will empower the dental
programs they serve and impact oral
health outcomes through the guidance,
training and support services they
provide. Improvements to oral health
must be documented.
Pre-Conference Grant Requirements
This section is only required if the
applicant has included a conference in
the proposed scope of work and intends
on using funding to plan and conduct a
conference or meeting during the project
period. For definitions of what
constitutes a conference, please see the
policy at the link provided below. The
awardee is required to comply with the
‘‘HHS Policy on Promoting Efficient
Spending: Use of Appropriated Funds
for Conferences and Meeting Space,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Healthcare Preparedness Programs (NHPP); Single Source
Cooperative Agreement to the American Red Cross
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
(ASPR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Healthcare Preparedness Programs (NHPP) Branch of
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
(ASPR), in the Department of Health and Human Services intends to
provide a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to the American Red
Cross. The Cooperative Agreement will support the stability of the
American Red Cross blood operations and humanitarian services during
the COVID-19 pandemic. The total proposed cost of the Single Source
Cooperative Agreement is not to exceed $118,000,000 for a total of 12
months.
DATES: The period of performance is from June 22, 2020 to June 21,
2021. The recipient may use a portion of the funding to retroactively
compensate costs for preparedness activities undertaken since January
20, 2020. The recipient must request retroactive compensation at the
time of the application, and the request should contain the following
information: Time period; line item budget for the period; and,
narrative description of the COVID-19 preparedness activities. Award
amount: Estimate $118,000,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected], (202) 245-
0722.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Healthcare Preparedness Program
(NHPP) Branch is the program office for this Cooperative Agreement:
Single Source Justification: The American Red Cross is both the
largest provider of blood products in the nation and the largest global
humanitarian network, as well as a critical partner to the U.S.
Government in bolstering the
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strength of health care during national emergencies. The American Red
Cross and NHPP will collaborate to maintain American Red Cross
operations and support the nation's health care during the COVID-19
pandemic. This collaboration will enable hospitals and other health
care entities to meet demand for blood supply and avoid shortages of
this lifesaving medical resource, as well as sustain the American Red
Cross's disaster relief work, which provides supplies, financial
assistance, food, and connections to health care providers to
communities during large scale disasters. During this unprecedented
outbreak, it is particularly important to maintain continuity of vital
disaster relief operations and to preserve the strength of America's
blood supply. The American Red Cross is facing increased costs--for
example, for supplies and equipment related to infection control during
blood donation operations. As the nation moves out of response and into
recovery from COVID-19, it will be vital to maintain operations in
order to ensure communities have uninterrupted access to the American
Red Cross's frontline humanitarian services and to prevent health care
from facing blood supply shortages at an already precarious time. There
is no direct equivalent of the American Red Cross, which supported more
than 97,300 households with recovery assistance and provided over 6.4
million blood products to help patients in Fiscal Year 2019 and which
is uniquely positioned to quickly respond to the demands of the health
care system. Supporting collaboration between the U.S. Public Health
Service and public and private community health programs and agencies
to respond to health emergencies is an authority provided to HHS under
section 311(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. Funding to respond
to the coronavirus, including addressing the blood supply chain, is
appropriated to HHS in the CARES Act. Collaboration with the American
Red Cross has the potential to augment existing nationwide COVID-19
community relief efforts, and to provide solutions and mitigate risks
to the nation's blood supply. The dual protection of American Red
Cross's humanitarian aid network and its blood operations, a piece of
critical infrastructure for the United States health care system, is
essential to ASPR's mission to save lives and protect Americans against
21st century health security threats. By collaborating with the
American Red Cross to meet new challenges and costs incurred by the
COVID-19 pandemic, maintain blood supply and continuity of relief
services, and strengthen partnerships between the American Red Cross
and health care coalitions supported through NHPP's Hospital
Preparedness Program, NHPP's goal for this cooperative agreement is for
health care to be able to quickly draw upon a strong public-private
partnership and humanitarian network to provide lifesaving medical care
for Americans--now and in the future as the United States continues to
recover from this pandemic event.
Dated: June 18, 2020.
Robert P. Kadlec,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
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