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—Program Director, Telephone and Fax

numbers

—Period of Time Program has Operated

B. Description of the Program

—Goals and objectives of the program

—Target audience

—Description of the program activities

and how they are designed to achieve

the goals and objectives

—Referral activities, if any

—Evaluation results, if any

—Funding Source(s)

—Current Operating Budget

—Problems or Constraints Identified

—Major Changes and/or modifications

in the program

—Current dissemination or replication

activities

—Future planned activities

C. Commitment to Participate in a

National Evaluation

A statement by the program director

or other responsible official indicating a

commitment to participate with the

program in a national study. We will

consider, on a case-by-case basis, the

reimbursement of extraordinary costs

directly incident to a selectee’s

participation in the national study.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Community Services,

Division of State Assistance, 370

L’Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20447. Telephone William Riley,

(202) 401–5529 or Trudy Hairston (202)

401–5319.

Dated: June 12, 1996.

Donald Sykes,

Director, Office of Community Services.

[FR Doc. 96–15322 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Notification of Expiring Project Periods

for Health Care for the Homeless and

Health Care Services for Homeless

Children Programs

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA)

announces that a total of 16 Health Care

for the Homeless (HCH) grantees and 1

Health Care for Homeless Children

grantee will reach the end of their

project periods during fiscal year (FY)

1997. Assuming the availability of

sufficient appropriated funds in FY

1997, it is the intent of HRSA to

continue to support health services to

the homeless populations in these areas/

locations given the continued need for

cost-effective, community-based

primary care services for these

medically underserved populations

within these geographic areas.

This notice provides interested parties

the opportunity to gather information

and decide whether to pursue Federal

funding as a HCH program grantee.

During this process, communication

with Regional Office staff is essential

(see Appendix I). A subsequent notice

will be published in the Federal

Register to announce the availability of

funds for FY 1997 and provide

application and detailed information on

the grant review criteria.

DUE DATES: Current grant expiration

dates vary by grantee throughout FY

1997. Applications for competing

continuation grants are normally due

120 days prior to the expiration of the

current grant award. However, to allow

potential applicants sufficient time to

prepare application materials for those

areas in which grants are expiring on

October 31, 1996, applications for grants

beginning November 1, 1996 will be due

90 days prior to the expiration of the

current grant award or no later than

August 1, 1996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HCH

program is carried out currently under

the authority of section 340 of the

Public Health Service Act. The HCH

program is designed to increase the

homeless population’s access to costeffective, case managed, and integrated

primary care and substance abuse

services provided by existing

community-based programs/providers.

In addition, the Health Care Services for

Homeless Children’s program provides

comprehensive primary health services

to homeless children and to children at

imminent risk of homelessness.

The list of areas in which a current

homeless project period expires in FY

1997 is set forth in Appendix II. The

areas listed include the city. Further

information including the census tract,

if applicable, can be obtained by

contacting the appropriate PHS regional

office (see Appendix I).

A project period is the total amount

of time for which a grant has been

programmatically approved. For

purposes of this notice, grant awards

will be made for a one year budget

period and up to a five year project

period.

Dated: June 11, 1996.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

Appendix I—Regional Office Staff

Region I:

Robin Lawrence, D.D.S., Acting Director,

Division of Health Services Delivery,

DHHS—Region I, John F. Kennedy

Federal Building #1401, Boston, MA

02203, (617) 565–1463

Region II:

Ronald Moss, Director, Division of Health

Services Delivery, DHHS—Region II, 26

Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278,

(212) 264–2664

Region III:

Bruce Riegel, Director, Division of Health

Services Delivery, DHHS—Region III,

3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

19104, (215) 596–1885

Region IV:

Robert Jackson, Director, Division of

Community Health Service, DHHS—

Region IV, 101 Marietta Tower, Atlanta,

GA 30323, (404) 331–0250

Region V:

Deborah Willis, M.D., Acting Director,

Division of Health Services Delivery,

DHHS—Region V, 105 West Adams

Street, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603,

(312) 353–1711

Region VI:

Frank Cantu, Acting Director, Division of

Health Services Delivery, DHHS—Region

VI, 1200 Main Tower, Dallas, TX 75202,

(214) 767–6547

Region VII:

Ray Maddox, Director, Division of Health

Services Delivery, DHHS—Region VII,

601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO

64106, (816) 426–5226

Region VIII:

Barbara Bailey, Director, Division of Health

Services Delivery, DHHS—Region VIII,

1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294,

(303) 844–3203

Region IX:

Gordon Soares, Director, Division of Health

Services Delivery, DHHS—Region IX, 50

United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA

94102, (415) 437–8568

Region X:

Douglas Woods, Director, Division of

Health Services Delivery, DHHS—Region

X, 2201 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA

98121, (206) 615–2491

Appendix II—Listing of HCH Grantees

Sorted by Region, State, and City

State and City Project period

ending date

AZ: PHOENIX .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10/31/96

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: AZ ..................................................................................................................... 1

CT: HARTFORD .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12/31/96
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State and City Project period

ending date

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: CT ..................................................................................................................... 1

FL:.

MIAMI ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10/31/96

TAMPA ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 03/31/97

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: FL ...................................................................................................................... 2

IN: INDIANAPOLIS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 05/31/97

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: IN ...................................................................................................................... 1

MI:

BATTLE CREEK ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10/31/96

DETROIT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10/31/96

GRAND RAPIDS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10/31/96

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: MI ...................................................................................................................... 3

MN:

ST. PAUL .................................................................................................................................................................................. 01/31/97

ST. PAUL .................................................................................................................................................................................. 01/31/97

Total number of Grantees in the State of: MN ..................................................................................................................... 2

NE: OMAHA 01/31/97

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: NE ..................................................................................................................... 1

NY: NEW YORK .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/31/96

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: NY ..................................................................................................................... 1

OH:

COLUMBUS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/31/96

TOLEDO ................................................................................................................................................................................... 11/30/96

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: OH ..................................................................................................................... 2

SD: RAPID CITY .............................................................................................................................................................................. 01/31/97

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: SD ..................................................................................................................... 1

TX: LUBBOCK ................................................................................................................................................................................. 06/30/97

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: TX ..................................................................................................................... 1

WA: SPOKANE ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10/31/96

Total Number of Grantees in the State of: WA .................................................................................................................... 1

Total Number of Grantees .................................................................................................................................................... 17

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BILLING CODE 4160–15–U

Office of Inspector General

Publication of OIG Special Fraud Alert:

Fraud and Abuse in the Provision of

Services in Nursing Facilities

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General

(OIG), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Federal Register notice

sets forth a recently issued OIG Special

Fraud Alert concerning fraud and abuse

practices in the provision of medical

and other health services to residents of

nursing facilities. For the most part, OIG

Special Fraud Alerts address national

trends in health care fraud, including

potential violations of the Medicare

anti-kickback statute. This Special

Fraud Alert, issued directly to the

health care provider community and

now being reprinted in this issue of the

Federal Register, specifically identifies

and highlights some of the illegal

practices that the OIG has uncovered in

the provision of nursing facility

services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel

J. Schaer, Office of Management and

Policy, (202) 619–0089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Office of Inspector General (OIG)

issues Special Fraud Alerts based on

information it obtains concerning

particular fraudulent and abusive

practices within the health care

industry. These Special Fraud Alerts

provide the OIG with a means of

notifying the industry that we have

become aware of certain abusive

practices which we plan to pursue and

prosecute, or bring civil and

administrative action, as appropriate.

The Alerts also serve as a powerful tool

to encourage industry compliance by

giving providers an opportunity to

examine their own practices.

The Special Fraud Alerts are intended

for extensive distribution directly to the

health care provider community, as well

as those charged with administering the

Medicare and Medicaid programs. On

December 19, 1994, the OIG published

in the Federal Register the texts of 5

previously-issued Special Fraud Alerts

(59 FR 65372), and indicated our

intention of publishing all future

Special Fraud Alerts in this same

manner as a regular part of our

dissemination of this information. Two

additional OIG Special Fraud Alerts

addressing home health fraud and fraud

and abuse provisions of medical

supplies in nursing facilities was

published in the Federal Register on

August 10, 1995 (60 FR 40847).

With regard to the provision of health

care services reimbursed by Medicare

and Medicaid to nursing facilities, this

newly-issued Special Fraud Alert

highlights such fraudulent practices as

(1) making claims for services not

rendered or not provided as claimed,

and (2) the submission of claims

falsified to circumvent coverage

limitations on medical specialties. A

reprint of this Special Fraud Alert

follows.

II. Special Fraud Alert: Fraud and

Abuse in the Provision of Services in

Nursing Facilities (May 1996)

The Office of Inspector General (OIG)

was established at the Department of

Health and Human Services by Congress

in 1976 to identify and eliminate fraud,

waste and abuse in Health and Human

Services programs and to promote

efficiency and economy in departmental

operations. The OIG carries out this

mission through a nationwide program

of audits, investigations and

inspections.