Enhancing the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) Standard to meet U.S. Interoperability Needs

 

This single source cooperative agreement to Regenstrief, is being made in order to expedite improvements and bridge gaps between Health Level 7 Internationals (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). Additionally, the cooperative agreement will advance the production deployment of FHIR-based terminology services, support LOINC content developers as they develop new content that supports the USCDI improvements, and enhance tools for LOINC implementers.

Active 93.346 Office of The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Not applicable. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Part Pub. L. 115-141, Section Division H, Title II The Regenstrief Institute is the only entity to apply for this award. Not applicable. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. The recipients' Authorized Representatives will receive the NGA electronically from ONC. The recipient accepts the award by drawing down funds. By accepting an ONC award, the recipient assumes legal, financial, administrative, and programmatic responsibility for administering the award in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award, as well as applicable laws, rules, regulations, and Executive Orders governing HHS assistance awards, all of which are to be incorporated into the award by reference. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in suspension or termination of the awards and/or ONC's recovery of award funds. July 1, 2018 to August 1, 2018 From 30 to 60 days. From 30 to 60 days. The awarding agency may issue a 30-day rework period should the NOFO applicant fail to submit the required objectives as described in the NOFO SOW. There will be no appeals process for this program. From 90 to 120 days. Renewals may be available if the applicant is able to successfully show progress towards achieving specified goals. Proposals will be reviewed by a review panel comprised of no less than one (1) federal employee and subject matter experts (non-federal employees). The proposal will receive a score based on strength and merit of their proposals based on the merit review criteria of Understanding the Requirements, Technical Approach, Staffing Qualifications, Innovation, Development of Solutions, and Reasonableness of Budget Narrative. A detailed list of merit review criteria in these areas are outlined in the funding opportunity announcement. Under this cooperative agreement, Regenstrief is expected to enhance the tools made available to LOINC implementers in an efficient manner without loss of semantics using industry preferred technical approaches, and improve their current infrastructure to reduce the burden on LOINC developers and improve implementer usability. Not applicable. Not applicable. Recipients generally must retain financial and programmatic records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records that are required by the terms of a grant, or may reasonably be considered pertinent to a grant, for a period of three years from the date the final FFR is submitted. For awards where the FFR is submitted at the end of the competitive segment, the three-year retention period will be calculated from the date the final FFR, for the entire competitive segment, is submitted. 45 CFR Part 75.361 provides exceptions and qualifications to the three-year retention requirement. For example, if any litigation, claim, financial management review, or audit is started before the expiration of the three-year period, the records must be retained until all litigation, claims, or audit findings involving the records have been resolved and final action taken. This section also specifies the retention period for other types of grant-related records, including indirect cost proposals and property records. See 45 CFR 75.335for record retention and access requirements for contracts under grants. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Assistance will be available during the period of performance (September 2018-September 2023), as well as 90 days after the close of the period of performance for reconciliation and close out. Assistance will be released monthly based on the achievement of milestones. None/Not specified. Carmel Halloun
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20201 USA
carmel.halloun@hhs.gov
Phone: 202-720-2919

Anmer Ayala
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20201 USA
anmer.ayala@hhs.gov
Phone: 202-260-2084 https://www.healthit.gov 75-0130-0-1-551 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 19 FY 20 est $500,000.00; FY 21 FY 18$625,000.00; FY 17 - (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$500,000.00; FY 23 est $500,000.00; FY 24 FY 19$500,000.00; FY 20 FY 21 FY 18 - There has been $1,599,999 obligated for FY 18 -FY 20 for this award to the Regenstrief Institute. o 45 CFR, Part 75--Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements For HHS Awards http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=06a0b0411d1520fae5e2799030e64ebf&node=pt45.1.75&rgn=div5 o HHS Grants Policy Statement https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/grants/grants/policies-regulations/hhsgps107.pdf Not applicable.