Where has the federal government designated a health-professional shortage?
Where has the federal government designated a health-professional shortage? Search HRSA HPSAs by state, county, discipline (Primary Care | Dental Health | Mental Health), designation type, status, minimum HPSA score (0-26, higher = worse), population type, rural-only, or designated-since date. Returns the designation, score, geography, provider-to-population ratio, and shortage FTE — the buying moment for clinician-staffing, telehealth, and workforce vendors.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
260 msmedian answer time
$1.25listed price per call
$1.25price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://api.govparse.io/v1/hrsa/hpsa/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.govparse.io |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $1.25 | 260 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"county": "Harris",
"discipline": "Primary Care",
"state": "TX"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"county": {
"description": "County name fragment.",
"examples": [
"Harris"
],
"type": "string"
},
"designation_type": {
"description": "Designation type fragment.",
"examples": [
"Geographic HPSA"
],
"type": "string"
},
"discipline": {
"description": "Primary Care | Dental Health | Mental Health (CSV).",
"examples": [
"Primary Care"
],
"type": "string"
},
"hpsa_id": {
"description": "Exact HPSA ID.",
"examples": [
"1484203330"
],
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
],
"type": "integer"
},
"min_score": {
"description": "Minimum HPSA score (0-26, higher = worse).",
"examples": [
"18"
],
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Rows to skip.",
"examples": [
0
],
"type": "integer"
},
"population_type": {
"description": "Population-type fragment (Low Income, Migrant Farmworker...).",
"examples": [
"Low Income"
],
"type": "string"
},
"rural": {
"description": "true = rural / partially-rural only; false = non-rural.",
"examples": [
"true"
],
"type": "string"
},
"since": {
"description": "Designated on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2020-01-01"
],
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"description": "score | designation_date | shortage_fte :asc|:desc. Default score:desc.",
"examples": [
"score:desc"
],
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"description": "Primary state/territory code(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"TX"
],
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"description": "Designated | Proposed for Withdrawal | Withdrawn (CSV).",
"examples": [
"Designated"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [],
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
}