Shortage designation identifies an area, population, or facility experiencing a shortage of health care services. Show
There are several types of shortage designations:
What Is a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)?HPSAs (PDF - 388 KB) can be geographic areas, populations, or facilities. These areas have a shortage of primary, dental or mental health care providers. What is a geographic HPSA?A shortage of providers for an entire group of people within a defined geographic area What is a population HPSA?A shortage of providers for a specific group of people within a defined geographic area (e.g., low-income, migrant farm workers) What is a facility HPSA?Other Facility (OFAC)Public or non-profit private medical facilities. They serve a population or geographic area with a shortage of providers. Correctional FacilityMedium- to maximum-security federal and state correctional institutions Youth detention facilities with a shortage of providers State/County Mental HospitalsState or county hospitals with a shortage of mental health providers (mental health designations only) Automatic Facility HPSAs (Auto-HPSAs)Facilities that we automatically designate as HPSAs based on statue or through regulation. These include:
Which Federal Programs Use HPSAs?The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) created shortage designation. It helps us distribute participants to where they’re needed most. Other federal programs use shortage designations for resource distribution. What Is a Maternity Care Target Area (MCTA)?Maternity Care Health Professional Target Areas (MCTAs) are areas within an existing Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) that are experiencing a shortage of maternity health care professionals. What Is a Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P)?MUAs and MUPs identify geographic areas and populations with a lack of access to primary care services. These designations help establish health maintenance organizations or community health centers. MUAs have a shortage of primary care health services within geographic areas such as:
MUPs have a shortage of primary care health services for a specific population subset within a geographic area. These groups may face economic, cultural, or language barriers to health care. Some examples include:
Which Federal Programs Use MUA/Ps?Many federal programs use MUA/Ps for distributing resources. We created MUA/Ps to help establish health maintenance organizations and community health centers. These are some examples of programs that use MUA/Ps:
What Is an Exceptional Medically Underserved Population (Exceptional MUP)?An Exceptional MUP identifies a specific population within a defined geographic area that doesn’t qualify as a MUP. Unusual circumstances prevent the population from having access to primary care services. What Is a Governor-Designated Secretary-Certified Shortage Areas for Rural Health Clinics?Governor-Designated Secretary-Certified Shortage Areas for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) are areas that a state governor or designee identifies as having a provider shortage. A state-established shortage plan is used to establish an RHC. How To Contact UsShortage Designation QuestionsSDMP QuestionsQuestions about Providers in your Auto-HPSA Update PreviewContact your State PCO NHSC or Nurse Corps QuestionsSubmit a help form or call 1-800-221-9393 CMS Bonus Payment QuestionsContact your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) SDMP WebinarsAuto-HPSA Portal Training Webinars Which of the following is an example of tertiary care?Examples of tertiary care services include specialist cancer management, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, transplant services, plastic surgery, treatment for severe burns, advanced neonatology services, palliative, and other complex medical and surgical interventions.
What are the three criteria for evaluating health care systems?What are the three criterion for evaluating health care systems? quality, equity, efficiency.. Micro. physician practices, hospitals, other settings.. Macro. regions, states, nations.. Quality of health care. structure, process, outcomes.. Structure. ... . Process. ... . Outcomes. ... . How do we measure population health outcomes.. Which of the following best represents the World Health Organization's definition of health?Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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