Health

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA)National Registry Auditing Support Services 

This contract provides comprehensive support services for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Federal Hearing Exemption Program, an initiative authorized under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. The program allows individuals who do not meet the federal hearing standard to obtain exemptions and operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce, provided the level of safety remains equivalent to or greater than the current regulations.

Established under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, this program allows individuals with seizure disorders to obtain exemptions from federal physical qualification standards to operate commercial motor vehicles, provided they maintain stable treatment and remain seizure-free. New Editions assists the FMCSA in managing approximately 455 active exempted drivers and processing an anticipated 85 new and 160 renewal applications annually, as the Agency lacks the internal resources to execute these functions independently.

Under this contract, New Editions provides technical support to collect and analyze data needed for NIDILRR’s annual evaluation activities. The evaluation support services under this contract focus on engaging people with disabilities and their family members to provide critical feedback and insights that will help NIDILRR continue to make meaningful and innovative contributions in rehabilitation medicine, engineering, psychosocial rehabilitation, integration, vocational outcomes, and virtual and built environments.

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on policy development, and is responsible for major activities in policy coordination, legislation development, strategic planning, policy research, evaluation, and economic analysis. In this role, ASPE, through its Office of Science and Data Policy (OSDP), is responsible for developing the HHS Strategic Plan and the HHS Evidence-Building Plan (the plans) every four years.

CMS contracts with New Editions to provide technical assistance and program management support to three programs: Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) technical assistance (TA), HCB Settings rule implementation, and Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR). For HCBS TA, New Editions provides technical assistance to state agencies on HCBS mechanisms, program design, service delivery systems, and self-direction services.

New Editions serves as a subcontractor for the Adult Protective Services (APS) Opioids Pilot Project to WRMA, Inc. The purpose of the two-year (2023-2025) project is to design, pilot, and evaluate a model that state APS systems can implement to more effectively and efficiently serve APS clients impacted by opioid use and substance use disorders (SUDs). As part of the pilot, the project team is providing universal and targeted technical assistance (TA) to participating APS program to guide them in building the foundation and processes for effectively implementing and sustaining the model.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) was created around the fundamental principle that older adults and people of all ages with disabilities should be able to live where they choose, with the people they choose, and with the ability to participate fully in their communities. New Editions provides program management, service coordination and technical assistance (TA) to ACL for the Housing and Services Resource Center (HSRC).

Title VI of the Older Americans Act provides grants to organizations (i.e., Title VI grantees) to support American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the areas of nutrition, supportive services for older adults, and caregiver services. The nutrition and supportive services grants include congregate and home-delivered meals, information and referral, transportation, personal care, chores, health promotion and disease prevention, and other supportive services.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) uses medical examiners (MEs) to conduct examinations and certify that the 6.1 million active interstate and intrastate commercial motor vehicle drivers meet the physical requirements for safety. The National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (National Registry) allows qualified medical providers to become certified to serve as MEs in support of these efforts. Currently, FMCSA has certified over 69,000 MEs.