The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) offers this grant as a Special Project of National Significance to enhance the collection and reporting of high-quality HIV viral suppression data to the Medicaid Adult Core Set. This initiative aims to build capacity within HIV surveillance and Medicaid programs to comply with the HIV Viral Load Suppression (HVL-AD) measure reporting. HRSA will fund one System Coordination Provider (SCP) to work with up to ten Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part B states. The SCP will facilitate implementation strategies, utilizing a learning collaborative model to improve data submission workflows, data sharing, and privacy policies. Key goals include building state capacity, conducting rigorous project evaluation, and disseminating innovative, sustainable strategies, including a Technical Toolkit. This grant is for improving health outcomes for people with HIV through efficient data reporting.
Opportunity ID: 329859
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-21-083 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Building Capacity to Improve Collecting and Reporting Viral Suppression Data to the Medicaid Adult Core Set |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=84f85285-aa5b-49c7-bbb0-d303a7c591fd |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.928 — Special Projects of National Significance |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Last Updated Date: | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 17, 2021 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants include entities eligible for funding under Parts A – D of Title XXVI of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, including public and nonprofit private entities; state and local governments; academic institutions; local health departments; nonprofit hospitals and outpatient clinics; and community health centers receiving support under Section 330 of the PHS Act. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Description: | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Building Capacity to Improve Collecting and Reporting Viral Suppression Data to the Medicaid Adult Core Set cooperative agreement, as a Special Project of National Significance. This initiative seeks to develop strategies to build capacity among HIV surveillance and Medicaid programs for reporting high-quality HIV viral suppression data to comply with reporting of the HIV Viral Load Suppression (HVL-AD) measure on the Medicaid Adult Core Set. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Child and Adult Core Set Annual Review Workgroup has encouraged efforts to create partnerships among federal agencies (CMS, Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC), and HRSA); Medicaid and public health agencies; and managed care plans to help states gain access to the laboratory data required to measure viral suppression. Recommendations from the workgroup include the sharing of information and lessons learned across states as necessary. This initiative seeks to support the implementation of the recommendations from the HIV/AIDS Health Improvement Affinity Group (HHIAG) with the ultimate goals of improving health outcomes for people with HIV through more efficient and complete strategies in the reporting of viral suppression measures. HRSA will award one (1) System Coordination Provider (SCP) to select, fund, and work with up to 10 RWHAP Part B states1 and their associated HIV surveillance and Medicaid programs. There are three (3) goals of the program: 1. Build capacity of up to 10 states to report high-quality (i.e., accurate and complete) HIV viral suppression data to Medicaid with the goal of improving reporting of the viral suppression measure (HVL-AD) to CMS as part of annual reporting of the Medicaid Adult Core Set (Implementation Phase). a. The SCP will facilitate and work with the selected states on the implementation and piloting of strategies through the adoption of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Breakthrough Series Learning Collaborative Model as its framework to achieve improvements. i. Strategies may include 1) establishing work plans to achieve the goals of the project; 2) putting in place workflows to submit the HVL-AD data to Medicaid; 3) developing or updating key documents to enhance data sharing or data linkage, 4) implementing legal, privacy, and confidentiality policies, processes, and frameworks, 5) utilizing secure platforms, interoperability standards, and confidential matching algorithms, and 6) promoting collaboration and implementing demonstration pilot tests to operationalize improvements in the reporting of HVL-AD data among states utilizing the learning collaborative concept of 1 For purposes of this NOFO, “states” include the District of Columbia. continuous quality improvement approach of Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles. b. The SCP will work with the states in assembling a panel of experts and stakeholders in the planning and development of effective strategies. Also, the SCP will help states identify challenges as well as assist the states in piloting small changes through continuous quality improvement activities through PDSA cycles to describe tests, adaptations, and recommended changes that bring improvements in the collection and reporting of HIV viral suppression data. 2. Evaluate the project (ongoing evaluation). The SCP will develop and conduct a rigorous, mixed method, multi-site evaluation. 3. Disseminate and replicate innovative, sustainable strategies (Sustainability and Dissemination Phase). The SCP will work with RWHAP Part B states and HRSA staff to disseminate and promote the replication of findings and lessons learned from the project. The dissemination audience will include participating states and other jurisdictions not funded under this project. As part of the dissemination goal, the SCP will develop and disseminate a Technical Toolkit that provides detailed guidance on how states can implement data sharing and data linkages to report the HVL-AD measure to CMS as part of annual Adult Core Set reporting and lessons learned from the initiative. Improved HIV viral suppression data reported to the Medicaid Adult Core Set should also be reported to CDC. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
acajina@hrsa.gov Email:acajina@hrsa.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration acajina@hrsa.gov Email: acajina@hrsa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.928 | HRSA-21-083 | Building Capacity to Improve Collecting and Reporting Viral Suppression Data to the Medicaid Adult Core Set | PKG00264135 | Nov 16, 2020 | Feb 16, 2021 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
329859 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
329859 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
329859 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
329859 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
329859 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
329859 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
329859 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
329859 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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