HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE UPDATED CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING MATERNITY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TARGET AREAS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Health Resources and Services Administration has issued a notice called: Request for Public Comment on the Updated Criteria for Determining Maternity Care Health Professional Target Areas.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 3 by Ann M. Sheehy, Acting Principal Deputy Administrator.

Summary: The Public Health Service (PHS) Act directs HHS, through HRSA, to identify maternity care target areas (MCTAs; geographic areas within health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals) for the purpose of assigning National Health Service Corps participants who are maternity care health professionals to HPSAs with a shortage of such professionals. On Septem...