Rural Health Fighters Get Easier Reporting Rules
Published Date: 3/24/2026
Notice
Summary
HRSA is updating how it collects info from rural health programs that fight heart disease, cancer, stroke, and more. They want your thoughts on making reporting easier and clearer before sending the changes to the budget office. If you’re involved in rural health care, now’s the time to speak up by May 26, 2026—no extra costs, just better data!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Higher Reporting Time for Awardees
If you are a Rural Health Care Coordination Program award recipient, HRSA estimates each awardee will spend about 58.18 hours to complete the revised performance measures, with 10 respondents totaling 581.80 hours (rounded to 582) annually. HRSA says the increased burden reflects instrument changes and the time needed to coordinate data collection with partner organizations, and larger networks are likely to face higher burdens.
Performance Measures Made Clearer
HRSA is revising the Rural Health Care Coordination Program performance measures to improve clarity and ease of reporting: adding one race/ethnicity response option, adding one Leadership and Workforce Composition measure, modifying one measure's wording for clarity, and correcting units on two measures. HRSA says these changes aim to keep the instrument relevant and more user-friendly for awardees.
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