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| E8-3643 | Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas | Proposed Rule | This proposed rule would revise and consolidate the criteria and processes for designating medically underserved populations (MUPs) and health professional shortage areas (HPSAs), designations that are used in a wide variety of Federal government programs. These revisions are intended to improve the way underserved areas and populations are designated, by incorporating up-to-date measures of health status and access barriers, eliminating inconsistencies and duplication of effort between the two existing processes. These revisions are intended to reduce the effort and data burden on States and communities by simplifying and automating the designation process as much as possible while maximizing the use of technology. No changes are proposed at this time with respect to the criteria for designating dental and mental health HPSAs. Podiatric, vision care, pharmacy, and veterinary care HPSAs, which are no longer in use, would be abolished under the rules proposed below. Additional background information will be available for review on the web site of the Health Resources and Services Administration: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage. The methodology is also described in a journal article recently published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved entitled "Designating Places and Populations as Medically Underserved: A Proposal for a New Approach" (Ricketts et al, 2007). | 2008-02-29 | 2008 | 2 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/29/E8-3643/designation-of-medically-underserved-populations-and-health-professional-shortage-areas | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-02-29/pdf/E8-3643.pdf | Health and Human Services Department | 221 | This proposed rule would revise and consolidate the criteria and processes for designating medically underserved populations (MUPs) and health professional shortage areas (HPSAs), designations that are used in a wide variety of Federal government... |