FY 2016 Announcement of Availability of Funds for a Project to Develop Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measures for Contraceptive Services | PA FPR 16 001

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The FY 2016 Announcement of Availability of Funds for a Project to Develop Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measures for Contraceptive Services (Funding Opportunity Number PA FPR 16 001) is a discretionary federal grant issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. It uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which typically means the awarding agency expects to be substantially involved during the project period (for example, providing guidance, coordination, and feedback as the work progresses), rather than simply issuing funds and receiving periodic reports.

The core purpose of the opportunity is to create a patient-reported outcome performance measure (often called a PRO-PM) specifically for contraceptive services, with the explicit intent that the resulting measure could be submitted to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for possible endorsement. In practical terms, the project is about developing a standardized, validated way to capture and score patients experiences and outcomes as they relate to contraceptive care, and then translating that into a performance measure that health systems and programs can use to assess and improve quality. The announcement frames this as a major gap in the current measurement landscape: while many clinical quality measures focus on processes or clinical outcomes, there is a shortage of validated measures that reflect client experience with contraceptive services in a way that is robust enough to support accountability and national benchmarking.

The rationale for funding is tied to the broader quality improvement agenda in health care. The announcement points to evidence that performance measures, when used as part of wider quality improvement efforts, can help improve care quality. It also aligns the project with the Triple Aim framework, emphasizing that measurement supports improvement across health outcomes, the patient or client experience of care, and cost control or cost savings. In this context, a PRO-PM for contraceptive services is positioned as a tool that could help programs monitor and drive improvements in how contraceptive care is delivered from the patient perspective, not only whether services were provided.

Funding for the award has an announced ceiling of $400,000, and the agency expected to make one award. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 93.974, and the activity category is Health. The original application closing date listed in the notice is April 15, 2016, with a creation date of February 1, 2016, indicating the timeframe in which applicants were expected to propose and launch the development work.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of domestic entities that could plausibly develop and test a performance measure. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education where relevant); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. This breadth suggests the government was open to proposals from universities, research organizations, measurement developers, health care organizations, and other entities with the technical capacity to design, validate, and prepare a measure for a national endorsement process.

Overall, the opportunity is essentially a targeted investment in measurement infrastructure for reproductive health quality improvement. The deliverable is not just a survey or a patient feedback tool, but a rigorously developed performance measure derived from patient-reported outcomes that is credible enough for NQF submission. By focusing on contraceptive services and on validated patient experience and outcome measurement, the grant aims to strengthen how quality is defined and evaluated in this area, enabling health programs to track patient-centered performance and use the results to guide improvements over time.

• The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2016 Announcement of Availability of Funds for a Project to Develop Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measures for Contraceptive Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.974.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-02-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-04-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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