| Annual
Review |
Statute
requires that HPSAs be reviewed annually. This is implemented
by requiring updates of HPSAs more than three years old. For
example, those HPSAs designated or last updated in 2001 were
scheduled for review in 2005. Update requests are sent to State
Primary Care Offices, Governors’ Offices and other organizations
in the State. Those HPSAs for which no data is received are
proposed for withdrawal (see “N” Status below).
|
| FTE |
Number
of full-time equivalent non-Federal primary medical care/dental/mental
health providers serving the area, population group, or facility. |
| Metro/NonMetro |
County
level Metropolitan Area Classifications are determined by Office
of Management and Budget. More information is available at the
U.S. Census Bureau. |
| Status |
Undetermined
- not designated; updated population or FTE count
entered on date indicated
Designated - new or continued designation
Rejected - review of application shows it
does not meet the criteria for designation
Proposed Withdrawal - HPSA proposed for withdrawal
based on review of application
No New Data - HPSA proposed for withdrawal
due to lack of new data being submitted as part of annual
review
Withdrawn - HPSA withdrawn at time of Federal
Register Notice (FRN) publication. No New Data and Proposed
Withdrawals convert to Withdrawn when the next FRN is published.
Also a HPSA that has been replaced by a new one, such as a
Population Group HPSA replacing a geographic one.
|
| Type |
Geographic
Single County - whole county designated as HPSA
Geographic Service Area - portions of a county,
or portions of multiple counties, designated as a geographic
HPSA
Population Groups - a population within an
area that is designated as a HPSA
State Mental Hospitals - State run mental
health inpatient facilities
Correctional Institutions - Federal and State
prisons and youth detention facilities
Comprehensive Health Centers - entities receiving
Section 330 funds to operate comprehensive health centers
FQHC Look-a-Like - Federally Qualified Health
Centers certified as meeting 330 requirements but not receiving
grant funds
Rural Health Clinic - certified as Rural
Health Clinics by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
American Indian - Tribal Health and Urban
Indian programs serving Federally Recognized tribes
Alaska Native - sites run by and/or serving
the Alaska Native populations
IHS - Indian Health Service sites serving
Federally Recognized tribes
Other - public or private non-profit medical
facilities demonstrated to serve a designated area or population
group |
| Score |
HPSA
Scores are developed for use by the National Health Service
Corps in determining priorities for assignment of clinicians.
Scores range from 1 to 25 for primary care and mental health,
1 to 26 for dental. The higher the score, the greater the priority. |
| #
Short |
The
number of FTE providers needed to remove the designation [also
known as the de-designation threshold]. |
For
shortage designation inquiries, please call 1-888-275-4772. Press
option 1, then option 2 or contact the Shortage Designation
Branch:
sdb@hrsa.gov
301-594-0816
301-443-4370 fax
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 8C-26
Rockville, MD 20857
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