Soundview Health Care Network Did Not Meet Select Financial Performance Measures and Claimed Unallowable Federal Grant Expenditures.

摘要

The Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (P.L. No. 104-299) consolidated the Health Center Program under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. SC 254b). The Health Center Program provides comprehensive primary health care services to medically underserved populations through planning and operating grants to health centers. Within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administers the program. The Health Center Program provides grants to nonprofit private or public entities that serve designated medically underserved populations and areas, as well as vulnerable populations of migrant and seasonal farm workers, the homeless, and residents of public housing. These grants are commonly referred to as section 330 grants. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. No. 111-5 (Recovery Act), enacted February 17, 2009, HRSA received $2.5 billion, $2 billion of which was to expand the Health Center Program by serving more patients, stimulating new jobs, and meeting the expected increase in demand for primary health care services among the Nations uninsured and underserved populations. HRSA awarded a number of grants using Recovery Act funding in support of the Health Center Program, including Increased Demand for Services (IDS) and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) grants.