Health Resources and Services Administration August 27, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) will award program expansion supplemental awards to the current Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement (Quality) program grantees. The program expansion supplemental funds will allow current Quality program grantees: To provide education to those new to health care coverage about health care benefits to which they have access; to raise awareness about the importance of receiving routine primary care and regular preventive services; and to expand outreach and enrollment activities for the next Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period (November 15, 2014-February 15, 2015). The goals of this supplemental funding are to (1) increase the number of newly insured individuals educated about the benefits and primary care and preventive services to which they now have access, (2) increase the number of uninsured individuals educated about their coverage options, and (3) increase the number of uninsured individuals enrolled into the Health Insurance Marketplaces or other available sources of insurance, such as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.