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HRSA-supported health centers (HRSA-funded health centers and Health Center Program look-alikes) and Medicare-certified Rural Health Clinics are invited to join the HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply Program to order free, FDA-approved COVID-19 at-home self-test kits for distribution to their communities.
As we shared in a bulletin to Project Directors earlier this week and in the December 16 Town Hall, all health centers are now invited to order Quidel QuickVue® At-Home OTC COVID-19 tests. Now it is time to start the onboarding process.
Expectations for Program Participants
Participating health centers must:
- Complete the Conditions of Participation and Site Selection information.
- Provide information on testing supply inventory in CDC’s Diagnostics Provider Order Portal (DPoP).
- Complete the biweekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey, including three new testing supply program questions starting with the December 31 survey (will be sent on Thursday, December 30, due to the federal holiday).
NOW AVAILABLE: Conditions of Participation and Site Selection
To opt in and begin ordering these test kits, your health center’s points of contact (POCs) should now complete the Conditions of Participation and Site Selection (COPSS) information available in the Health Center COVID-19 Online Community. This online community is not where you will order test kits.*
(See our December 15 bulletin for instructions on getting your health center’s POCs set up in the online community.)
Once you complete the COPSS, HRSA’s COVID-19 Testing Supply Program team will email you to confirm that you are ready to order in DPoP or to let you know if we need more information or any additional action from you.
This information must be completed by Monday, December 20, so that you can place an order by 11:59 p.m. your local time on Tuesday, December 21. If you meet this first order cycle deadline, we anticipate that your order will be delivered before the end of the year. Tracking information will be shared confirming the exact delivery date.
The next order cycle deadlines are 11:59 p.m. your local time on Tuesday, December 28, and Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Additional order cycles will be announced by Tuesday, January 4, 2022, as health centers continue onboarding into the program on a rolling basis.
*Ordering Testing Supplies
The online community is not where your POCs will order testing supplies. The orders will be made in CDC’s DPoP. DPoP is one section of the Health Partner Order Portal (HPoP), which also contains the Vaccine Provider Order Portal (VPoP). Contacts/users not already in HPoP, VPoP, or DPoP will receive a system-generated email with a single-use link through which they will create a password and set up two-factor authentication. That email will also contain the normal link they will use to log into HPoP after their initial setup.
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Need Help?
Monday, December 20
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Join the day of the session
If you prefer to join by phone: 833-568-8864
When prompted, enter meeting/webinar ID: 161 720 4656
- Submit questions to Health Center Program Support. Select “HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply Program”—the sixth option on the “Health Center Program Questions” screen.
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