Welcome to HPSA Acumen,
a private consulting firm

The following pages of this website will explain who we are and what services we can provide for your healthcare system.  This site will have the latest healthcare information available pertaining to primary care and specialist shortages to help you meet your community healthcare needs. 

Healthcare is rapidly changing.  To meet your needs, we offer the following services:

	Health Professional Shortage Area designations [HPSA]
	Medically Underserved Area designations [MUA]
	Community Health Needs Assessments [CHNA or CNA]
	HPSA Benefits Support Service [HBS]
	Evidence Based Assessments

Check out the latest Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) undertaken by HPSA Acumen.

Yuma CHNA Executive Summary

Read more about HPSA Acumen's work with Yuma County and CHNA here

Enjoy your visit and please come back. 
If you have any questions, inquiries or would like help with a new area of planning, please contact us.

HPSA designations support the goals of hospitals, clinics, medical education programs, and physicians. The benefits go beyond a 10% bonus on Medicare reimbursements.  Designations infuse incentives into a medical service area - boosting physician recruitment, physician retention, positive PR for hospitals, and enhancement to your bottom line.  The end result is improved healthcare delivery for the patients.  And that is what it’s all about.

HPSA Acumen has conducted HPSAs since 1997.  Our company is uniquely qualified to tackle the most challenging HPSAs. We take responsibility for every step of the process, from the preliminary study to submission of the data.  We function to support state PCOs on behalf of the client. 

There are several challenges today in HPSA designations.  Obtaining designations can be very challenging with guidelines changing on an on-going basis.  It requires detailed and consistent surveying that is sometimes difficult to achieve with mail outs. It is in the detail that can make the difference in the type of designation you are eligible to receive.

HPSA Acumen has advanced IT capability.   This capability along with our experience in collecting detailed data and then creating shortage area analysis enables the client to have an excellent probability of success.  Concurrently, these capabilities have given us an impetus to conduct  CHNA (Community Health Needs Assessments) and Evidence Based Assessments.  These types of assessments research and analyze the barriers to healthcare and propose realistic solutions to the problems.   

The end result is a unique product that is both a useful and working resource supporting the client’s strategic plan and operations model.  The multimedia product delivered is in a mode that captivates the audience and becomes a tool to share the vision. 

Another service we can deliver is taking the many reports and plans and creating one that connects the dots.  Think about it.  How much more useful and efficient would it be for your healthcare delivery system!

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All of us at HPSA Acumen welcome you to our site.