Marcia C. Green, MSW U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

RHITND PROGRAM UPDATE:

WHAT’S NEW IN THE RURAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM???

Marcia C. Green, MSW

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Health Resources & Services Administration

Office of Rural Health Policy

May 22, 2013

OVERVIEW

PIMS Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) Progress Report Reporting Requirements Review Technical Assistance Grants Salary Rate Limitation Questions?

THE PIMS REPORT:

WHO:

ALL grantees are required to complete the PIMS report

WHAT:

DemographicsEnvironmentTechnology

THE PIMS REPORT

WHEN:

At the end of the budget periodSeptember 30, 2013 September 30, 2014

RHITND Program PIMS 1st Year Outcomes: SERVICE POPULATION:

increased by 7.5% from approximately 137,684 to 148,116

COUNTIES SERVED:  6.6 counties served

NETWORK SIZE:  increased by 35% from 5.8 partners to 7.9 partners

NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION PROGRESS REPORT

Available in EHB: May 4, 2013

Due to HRSA: June 3, 2013

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Prior Approval required: (submitted through EHB)

Change in BudgetChange in ScopeProject Director Change

Please note: that the approval process goes through several divisions and offices therefore takes sometime before approved!

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Federal Financial Report (FFR) SF-425Payment Management System (PMS) Quarterly FFRSubmit in EHB01/30/2014

Carryover Request (As Needed) Any unobligated balance 30 days after submitting FFR

PMS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT

This report is submitted quarterly to the Division of Payment Management, Program Support Center and indicates the status of cash drawn from the Payment Management System (PMS)

For general information on PMS, (training, staff , submission process and next SF-425 deadlines) please visit: http://www.dpm.psc.gov

HRSA YEARLY FINANCIAL REPORT Due Once-A-Year by January 30th after the end of

each budget period

Document funds spent over the past year and show funds that need to be carried

over to the next budget period

Report accessed through EHB

For questions on how to fill out the FFR, please contact your GMS

For EHB technical assistance, please call the HRSA Call Center at 1-877-464-4772

CARRYOVER REQUEST Due by January 30th after the end of each budget

period*

Requests to carry over unobligated funds awarded in a previous budget period to spend and/or obligate in the current budget period must be submitted via the EHB using the Prior Approval Request submission process

The request must include a budget based on the amount of the unobligated funds and submitted on the the same date as the FFR or after the FFR (within 30 days) NOTE: Carryovers may not be requested during the last grant project period. Grantees may request a no-cost extension to use unobligated funds.

LOOKING AHEAD…

Final Closeout ReportNovember 29, 2014

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE The National Rural Health Resource Center

Site visits Individualized assessments,

sustainability/business plans, score cards, etc.Newsletter

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) Universities of Chicago & MinnesotaOutreach ProgramsOutcomes

REMINDER: GRANTS SALARY RATE LIMITATION!

Effective December, 2011

NO Individual Salary in excess of $179,00 (the Executive Level salary of the Federal Executive Pay Scale)

QUESTIONS???

MARCIA GREEN PROGRAM COORDINATOR

IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE PLEASE EMAIL ME AT:

[email protected]

Or

Give me a call at: (301) 443-3261