- April 9, 2024
- Alerts
FQHC Look-Alike Application Blackout Period: Changes are Coming
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced that it will not be accepting Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike Initial Designation (LAL-ID) applications for approximately one month starting in late June. The LAL-ID application module will be closed from 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 23, 2004 through Friday, July 26, 2024.
What does this mean for applicants?
Garfunkel Wild is available to assist clients with all of their legal needs related to Look-Alike, as well as FQHC matters. We will be available to provide guidance regarding changes to the LAL-ID application when available.
Should you have any questions regarding the above, please contact the authors, the Garfunkel Wild attorney with whom you regularly work, or contact us at info@garfunkelwild.com.
What does this mean for applicants?
- HRSA will be updating the LAL-ID application instructions and HRSA Electronic Handbooks, the system used for the application. There is no guidance yet regarding what these changes will entail.
- While applicants typically have 90 days to complete the LAL-ID application, applicants who begin an application after March 26, 2024 will not have the full 90 days to complete their applications. Instead, applications that are started but not submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 23, 2024 will be closed and the information entered will not be retained in the system.
Garfunkel Wild is available to assist clients with all of their legal needs related to Look-Alike, as well as FQHC matters. We will be available to provide guidance regarding changes to the LAL-ID application when available.
Should you have any questions regarding the above, please contact the authors, the Garfunkel Wild attorney with whom you regularly work, or contact us at info@garfunkelwild.com.