September 18, 2014
HRSA has started conducting random FTCA site visits of both initial applicants and deemed grantees to determine compliance with FTCA program requirements. As described in PAL 2014-03, factors that may prompt a [...]
September 15, 2014
The Supercircular, 2 CFR Part 200, creates a critical new step for grantees that enter into arrangements with Subrecipients (also known as “delegates” in HS/EHS terminology). Prior to awarding funds to a delegate, [...]
September 3, 2014
HRSA has issued a new FTCA: Health Center Policy Manual which updates and supersedes the prior manual (PIN 2011-01). HRSA also issued a Program Assistant Letter (PAL) explaining the updates and modifications. [...]
August 29, 2014
The Office of Head Start (“OHS”) recently released a new Information Memorandum (IM), “ACF-IM-HS-14-04,” addressing bus transportation and safety. Child safety and active supervision have been hot button issues in Head Start/EHS. In fact, [...]
July 29, 2014
I was pleased to see a report released this week by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation examining the role of Assister Programs in helping people enroll and remain enrolled in health coverage [...]
July 2, 2014
The suspension of Medicaid payments to fifteen behavioral health providers by New Mexico’s Medicaid agency in 2013 – and subsequent closing of all but two of those organizations– is a harrowing tale for [...]
June 2, 2014
Contracting with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and other payors can significantly expand access to Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) services and need not be an intimidating process. Before signing your next MCO contract, [...]
January 19, 2014
On Thursday December 26, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Grants (the “Supercircular;” also known as the “Omnicircular”).* The Supercircular sets standard [...]
October 10, 2013
FTLF Associate Kathryn Watson is quoted in the Boston Globe article “US Policy Clouds Approvals of Medical Marijuana” about the effect of federal marijuana law on community health centers. The article discusses how the disconnect between state [...]
October 1, 2013
FTLF Partner Adam Falcone is quoted extensively in the article entitled, “Fraud in New Mexico: Credible? Incredible?”, published in the September/October 2013 issue of Behavioral Healthcare. The article describes fifteen providers, which comprise the majority of [...]