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Health workforce notices from the past 90 days Sort by: Name | Date
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Information Follow-up Form; Proposed Collection: Comment Request
September 7, 2010 -- The NHSC Information Follow-up Form, which NHSC will use when exhibiting at national and regional conferences is an optional form that a health profession student, licensed clinician, faculty member, or clinical site administrator can fill out.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Faculty, National, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
Health Resources and Services Administration; Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
August 18, 2010 -- This notice updates the Bureau of Health Professions functional statement as a result of the Affordable Care Act, to better align functional responsibility to improve coordination and functional management.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: National, Policy
TRICARE: Non-Physician Referrals for Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy; Final Rule
August 18, 2010 -- The Department of Defense is publishing this final rule to provide approval for authorizing certified physician assistants and certified nurse practitioners to engage in referrals for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Military Health and Veterans Health, National, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Policy, Scope of Practice, Speech-Language Pathologists
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology; Final Rule
July 28, 2010 -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this final rule to complete the adoption of an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for meaningful use of Health Information Technology.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Administrators, Health Informaticians, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, Hospitals, National, Policy, Technology
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Final Rule
July 28, 2010 -- This final rule from CMS implements the provisions of ARRA providing incentive payments to professionals, hospitals, and critical access hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that achieve meaningful use of HIT.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Administrators, Health Informaticians, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Technology
American Indians Into Psychology; Notice of Competitive Grant Applications for American Indians Into Psychology Program
June 25, 2010 -- The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting competitive grant applications for the American Indians into Psychology Program, to develop and maintain Indian psychology career recruitment programs.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Diversity, National, Psychologists, Shortage Designations
Legislative Changes to Primary Care Loan Program Authorized Under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act
June 21, 2010 -- Explains changes in the Primary Care Loan Program due to the health reform legislation.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Financial Aid, National, Physicians, Primary Care
Notice of Competitive Grant Applications for American Indians Into Medicine Program
June 21, 2010 -- The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting competitive grant applications for the American Indians into Medicine Program.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention
Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Personnel Obligated Under the NHSC Scholarship Program
June 21, 2010 -- Announces the entities that will receive priority assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship recipients.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Loan Repayment Programs, National, Recruitment and Retention
Establishment of the Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel
June 16, 2010 -- The committee will provide advice and guidance on issues related to the adequacy of the number of personal care attendant workers as well as the salaries, wages, and benefits, and access to the services provided by personal care attendant workers.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Personal and Home Care Aides, Policy

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