Post by NCFC on Dec 12, 2012 16:50:54 GMT -7
[Question posed by Harvey Licht]
Multiple other frontier designations have been used by federal agencies in the past, including the designation implemented by the BPHC, and the system used by OAT. In addition, newer designations have been established in statute as part of PPACA, including a new frontier HPSA designation and a frontier designation established for counties under the Frontier Community Health Integration Demonstration Program. The proposed designation could proliferate competing alternative definitions of frontier used by different federal agencies.
What did you see as inadequate in previous definitions of frontier that led to the development of this approach, and how does the proposed approach address those deficiencies?
Multiple other frontier designations have been used by federal agencies in the past, including the designation implemented by the BPHC, and the system used by OAT. In addition, newer designations have been established in statute as part of PPACA, including a new frontier HPSA designation and a frontier designation established for counties under the Frontier Community Health Integration Demonstration Program. The proposed designation could proliferate competing alternative definitions of frontier used by different federal agencies.
What did you see as inadequate in previous definitions of frontier that led to the development of this approach, and how does the proposed approach address those deficiencies?