HRSA Updates Rural Health Reporting Paperwork Requirements
Published Date: 6/29/2026
Notice
Summary
HRSA is updating how it collects info from rural health programs that fight heart disease, cancer, stroke, and more. These changes make reporting easier and clearer for those running these programs. If you’re involved, you’ve got until July 29, 2026, to share your thoughts—no extra costs, just smoother paperwork!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Higher Annual Reporting Time Burden
HRSA estimates a proposed increase in total annual burden for this collection to 581.80 hours across 10 respondents, which averages 58.18 hours per awardee per year. HRSA says larger networks with many partners are likely to report higher burdens because coordinating data from partners takes more time.
Revised Rural Program Reporting Measures
HRSA revised the annual performance measures that Rural Health Care Coordination Program awardees must submit. The changes include adding one new measure in the Leadership and Workforce Composition section, rewording an existing measure for clarity, and correcting the units of measurement on two measures.
Public Comments Could Shape Future Measures
HRSA received public comments asking for additional measures (mental/behavioral health and substance use disorder providers/services), more granular demographic data, workforce and leadership metrics, standardized upstream drivers of health screening tools (like closed-loop referrals), and permission to use grant funds for EHR interoperability upgrades. HRSA said it will take these suggestions into consideration for future iterations of measure development.
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