HHS Allocates $90M for Health Centers to Reduce Disparities

Nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to support data-driven efforts for HRSA Health Center Program-supported health centers and HRSA-designated health centers to identify and reduce health disparities has been made available, according to a Department of Health and Human Services announcement Thursday.

Uniform Data System Patient-Level Submission, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s modernized data collection and reporting initiative, is designed to collect more and better data on health social determinants, enabling health centers to tailor their efforts to improve health outcomes and advance health equity, according to the department.

The funding can be used for COVID-19 activities ...