[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21001-21002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9308]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Center Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Replacement Awards to Cornerstone
Care, Inc.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will
be transferring Health Center Program (section 330 of the Public Health
Service Act) New Access Point (NAP), Increased Demand for Service
(IDS), and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funds originally awarded
to Community Medical Services to Cornerstone Care, Inc. to ensure the
provision of critical primary health care services to underserved
populations in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Former Grantee of Record: Community Medical Services.
Original Period of Grant Support: March 1, 2009 to February 28,
2011 (NAP); March 27, 2009 to March 26, 2011 (IDS); and June 29, 2009
to June 28, 2011 (CIP).
Replacement Awardee: Cornerstone Care, Inc.
Amount of Replacement Awards: $391,306 (NAP), $101,000 (IDS) and
$250,000 (CIP).
Period of Replacement Awards: The period of support for the
replacement awards is March 1, 2009 to February 28, 2011 (NAP); March
27, 2009 to March 26, 2011 (IDS); and June 29, 2009 to June 28, 2011
(CIP).
Authority: Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C.
245b.
CFDA Number: 93.703.
Justification for the Exception to Competition:
The former grantee, Community Medical Services (CMS), Inc., is
unable to meet several Health Center Program statutory and regulatory
requirements. CMS notified HRSA that it was unable to carry out the
administrative and programmatic requirements to appropriately manage
the grant funds and indicated that it would be relinquishing the grant
funds. CMS's inability to meet these requirements has restricted it
from providing necessary primary health care services in Fayette
County, Pennsylvania, to the more than 10,500 low income, underserved
and uninsured individuals in the service area, as had been proposed in
their approved New Access Point grant application.
Cornerstone Care Inc. (CCI) is an experienced provider of care and
is currently providing primary health care services under a contractual
agreement with CMS to the original target population, has a
demonstrated record of compliance with the Health Center Program
statutory and regulatory requirements and is located in the same
geographical area.
This underserved target population has an immediate need for vital
primary health care services and would be negatively impacted by any
delay or disruption of services caused by a competition. As a result,
in order to ensure that critical primary health care services remain
available to the original target population without disruption, this
replacement award will not be competed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marquita Cullom-Stott via e-mail at
[email protected] or 301-594-4300.
Dated: April 16, 2010.
Marcia K. Brand,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-9308 Filed 4-21-10; 8:45 am]
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