HRSA exercise 2 questions and answers 2022/2023

HRSA is the acronym for what federal agency - ANSWER Health Resources and Services Administration Which of the following federal agencies is the parent agency for HRSA? - ANSWER The Department of Health and Human Services There are ____ scoring criteria common across all disciplines of HPSA.? - ANSWER 3 State PCOs - ANSWER entities that submit applications for geographic, population, and certain facility HPSAs via the Shortage Designation Management System, for primary care, dental and mental health? Based on statutes and regulations governing shortage designation, certain facilities are automatically designated as HPSAs. - ANSWER true population shortage - ANSWER A shortage of providers for a specific population group(s) within a defined geographic area (e.g., low income, migrant farmworkers, and other groups) is a Shortages may be based what 3 ways - ANSWER geographic population facility The maximum HPSA scores for Dental Health HPSAs is ___, while the maximum score for Mental Health and Primary Care HPSAs is ___. - ANSWER 26 25 common scoring criteria for all disciplines of HPSAs - ANSWER - The population to provider ratio - The travel time to the nearest source of care (NSC) outside the HPSA designation - The percentage of the population below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) Of gender, rurality, age and density; which one is a significant component of MUA/P disignation? - ANSWER age A FQHC in Virginia would be serviced by which HHS (HRSA) regional office? - ANSWER Philadelphia In terms of priority for funding, two facilities rank the highest based on their MH HPSA scores. Which two? - ANSWER Memorial Medical Center Mary Hurley Hospital Where HPSA scores are concerned, perhaps the most significant thing to keep in mind is that - ANSWER - According to Section 332 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 254e, HPSAs are defined to include urban and rural geographic areas - HPSA designation is primarily intended to measure the shortage of primary care providers in the HPSA. - higher scores point to greater need and higher priority for funding. Primary care is less comprehensive than outpatient care - ANSWER true features of primary care - ANSWER - One feature of primary care is its focus on the type or level of services (including prevention, diagnostic, therapeutic, health education and counseling). - involves the coordination of care; especially delivery of health services between the patient and the different components of the delivery system. - Over three-quarters of the population requires only primary care services. According to the World Health Organization primary care consists of three elements: - ANSWER Point of entry Coordination of Care Essential Care The Institute of Medicine defines primary care as: - ANSWER consisting of integrated care (comprehensive, coordinated, continuous, seamless). Where facilities are concerned, FQHCs can best be described as - ANSWER health centers that provide primary care to an underserved area or population, offer a sliding fee scale, provide comprehensive services, have an ongoing quality assurance program, and have a governing board of directors. HPSAs - ANSWER Health Professional Shortage Areas HPSAs are designations that indicate health care provider shortages in which of the following - ANSWER dental mental primary geographic shortage - ANSWER A shortage of providers for the entire population within a defined geographic area is a The Elderly Ratio, Youth Ratio, Alcohol Abuse Prevalence and Substance Abuse Prevalence are additional criteria used to calculate which HPSA score? - ANSWER mental heath Water Fluoridation Status is an additional criterion for ___________ HPSA scoring - ANSWER dental heath The Infant Health Index is an additional scoring criterion for __________ HPSAs. - ANSWER primary care Eligibility for MUA/P designation depends on the - ANSWER Index of Medical Underservice