United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-10-24 monographic deposited born digital 66 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-84 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84 P0b002ee180391f36 f:d0784 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84 GAO-07-84 Allocation (Government accounting) Eligibility criteria Health care facilities Health care personnel Health care programs Health care services Health statistics Labor shortages Population statistics Program evaluation HHS Health Professional Shortage Area System Other Written Product A62446 To identify areas facing shortages of health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relies on its health professional shortage area (HPSA) designation system. HHS designates geographic, population-group, and facility HPSAs. HHS also gives each HPSA a score to rank its need for providers relative to other HPSAs. The Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 required GAO to report on the HPSA designation system. GAO reviewed (1) the number and location of HPSAs and federal programs that use HPSA designations to allocate resources or provide benefits, (2) available research on HPSA designation criteria and methodology, and (3) the impact of a 2002 provision that automatically designates federally qualified health centers and certain rural health clinics as facility HPSAs. GAO obtained and analyzed HHS's data on primary care HPSA designations as of September 2005 and January 2006 and identified reports on HPSA criteria and methodology through a literature search of peer-reviewed journals and other reports published since 1995. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84.pdf GAO-07-84 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-84 Other Written Product GAO-07-84; Health Professional Shortage Areas: Problems Remain with Primary Care Shortage Area Designation System; Allocation (Government accounting) Eligibility criteria Health care facilities Health care personnel Health care programs Health care services Health statistics Labor shortages Population statistics Program evaluation HHS Health Professional Shortage Area System Volume 116 Page 1621 116 Stat. 1621 Public Law 99-280