Changes to HRSA OSVs Regarding FTCA, Chapter 21

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Written By Kyle Vath

HRSA announced October 26, 2023 that for Operational Site Visits (OSVs) with start dates after October 27, 2023, "the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) assessment in the FTCA Deeming Requirements section of the Site Visit Protocol (SVP) was discontinued. Health centers no longer need to provide documentation for that section of the SVP for their OSVs. However, HRSA will continue to assess FTCA requirements through the FTCA deeming and re-deeming processes and through FTCA-specific site visits.".

This announcement does not appear to change any of the FTCA requirements and health centers are still expected to follow the requirements that can be found on HRSA's FTCA Program website.

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Kyle Vath

Kyle Vath, BSN, MHA, RN: Kyle Vath is the CEO and co-founder of RegLantern, a company that provides tools and services to health centers that help them move to continual compliance. These services include mock site surveys and web-based tools that allow health centers to organize their compliance documentation. Kyle has served in a wide range of healthcare settings including serving as the Director of Operations for Social Ministries for a large health system, Provider Relations for a health system-owned payer, the Director of Operations for a Federally-Qualified Health Center, long-term care (as a nursing manager, director of nursing, and licensed nursing home administrator), in acute care (as a critical care nurse), and in Tanzania, East Africa as a hospital administrator of a rural mission hospital.

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