Practice Sites Serving Medically Underserved Populations (Practice-MUPs)

The following practice sites do not need a Practice-MUP designation.

• A practice in a health professional shortage area (HPSA).
• A clinic designated as a rural health clinic under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395(x)(aa).
• A public health clinic or a family planning clinic under contract with the Health and Human Services Commission or the Department of State Health Services.
• A clinic designated as a federally qualified health center under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).
• A county, state, or federal correctional facility.
• A practice at which a physician was delegating prescriptive authority to an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant on or before March 1, 2013, based on the practice qualifying as a site serving a medically underserved population.

Residents in the service area meeting the eligibility criteria for participation in any of the following programs:

• (A) federally funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); community and migrant health centers (Public Health Service Act, §§329 and 330 grantees); family planning; homeless (including Public Health Service Act, §340 grantees); Medicaid; or Medicare;
• (B) state funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); children with special health care needs (CSHCN); Medicaid; state primary health care; or student health centers (state funded colleges and universities); or
• (C) locally funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: locally supported nonprofit health care programs; programs funded by city or county governmental entities; or programs funded by hospital districts.

• Contact information of the practice site.
  • Name of the practice
  • Address
  • Hours of operation
  • Phone number
  • Fax
  • Email address
  • Name of Director or Administrator
• Site information.
  • Office Hours
  • Practice Start Date: date the practice started providing services.
• Utilization data.
  • The unduplicated count of patients served by the practice in the most recent 90 days of operation.
  • The total number of patient encounters (visits) in the most recent 90 days of operations.
  • The time period for which statistics are being reported.
• Staffing data.
  • Number of direct patient care providers on the practice payroll by type and full-time equivalency (FTE) based on 40 hours per week.
• Identification of the geographic area served by the practice.
  • For example, a map of the area where the majority of the practice’s patients reside.
  • For practices that draw patients from a broad geographic area, such as an entire city or county, the map of the geographic area surrounding the practice.
• Description and proportion of eligible client populations served by the practice.
  • For example, those enrolled in:
    • Federally funded health care programs: AIDS health care programs, PHS-funded Community & Migrant Health Centers, Family Planning, Homeless including Section 340 grants, Medicaid, and Medicare.
    • State funded health care programs: AIDS, Children With Special Health Care Needs, Medicaid, state primary care (HHS-funded), student health centers.
    • Locally funded health care programs: locally supported non-profit health care programs, programs funded by city/county governmental entities, programs funded by hospital districts, school-based clinics established by the school district.
    • Any other eligible programs.
• Proof of services provided to eligible client populations by the practice.
• Description of the types of services offered by the practice.
• For applicants under Category A:
  • Total population of the practice’s service area. Include data source and year.
    • For practices drawing patients from a broad geographic area, the total population of the geographic area immediately surrounding the practice.
  • Total number and FTE of primary care physicians in the practice’s service area. Include data source and year.
    • For practices drawing patients from a broad geographic area, the total number and FTE of primary care physicians in the geographic area immediately surrounding the practice.

Email HPRC@dshs.texas.gov to receive a PDF copy of the Practice-MUP application form.

HPRC maintains a list of designated Practice-MUPs. Contact us at HPRC@dshs.texas.gov for more information.

Use the Health Resources and Services Administration search tool: https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area

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