[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21904]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Single Source Award to the Telehealth Focused Rural 
Health Research Center

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In FY 2019, HRSA provided $788,000 in additional funding to 
The University of Iowa for the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research 
Center and extended the project period for 12 months.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Heppner, Program Coordinator, 
Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center, (301) 443-5982, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient of the Award: The University of Iowa 
(U1CRH29074).
    Amount of Award: $788,000.
    Project Period: September 1, 2019-August 31, 2020.
    CFDA Number: 93.155.
    Authority: Title VII, Sec.  711 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 912), as amended.
    Justification: The primary goal of the Telehealth Focused Rural 
Health Research Center (Research Center) Program is to increase the 
amount of publically available, high quality, impartial, clinically 
informed, and policy-relevant research related to telehealth. This 
research assists rural health providers and decision-makers at the 
federal, state, and local levels by contributing to the policy-relevant 
evidence base of telehealth services. This program was competed under 
announcement HRSA-15-149 and awarded to the University of Iowa for a 
four-year period of performance (September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2019).
    In FY 2019 HRSA extended the current project period for 12 months 
and provided $788,000 to the awardee. The new period of performance 
started on September 1, 2019, and will end on August 31, 2020. Under 
its current scope, the Research Center supports several cohorts of 
HRSA's Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) recipients. HRSA 
extended the current project period for 12 months and provided 
supplemental funding to allow additional time to analyze outcomes from 
the TNGPs and align efforts between the Research Center and the design 
of the next TNGP cohort. The $788,000 of supplemental funding for this 
awardee aligned with the historical funding levels for this program.
    Further information on the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research 
Center is available at: https://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/default.aspx?id=482de32c-8b8d-4960-bb86-caad8c9d6905.

    Dated: September 30, 2019.
Thomas J. Engels,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-21904 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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