# HRSA Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) Search

> HRSA Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P) Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.govparse.io, paid per call via x402, $1.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search HRSA's official MUA/P designations by state, county, status, IMU score, or designation type to identify federally designated medically underserved areas and populations.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.govparse.io/v1/hrsa/mua/search
- Price: $1.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hrsa-medically-underserved-area-population-mua-p-search-0c1dad8c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_S2P8_H9H-7yb-vEcC1bgB

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability hrsa-medically-underserved-area-population-mua-p-search-0c1dad8c
```

Example prompt: Find all HRSA-designated Medically Underserved Areas in California with an IMU score below 50, sorted from most to least underserved, and show me up to 25 results — I need this for FQHC site eligibility research.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative federal HRSA MUA/P designation data for healthcare facility planning, grant eligibility verification, staffing decisions, telehealth program scoping, or safety-net territory analysis. Prefer this over general census or demographic APIs when the specific HRSA designation status and IMU score are required. Complements the HRSA HPSA search endpoint when both shortage area types need to be assessed.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid state code returns empty results or validation error
- IMU score outside 0–100 range may return an error or be ignored
- Overly broad county name fragment may return too many results or need pagination
- Unknown MUA/P ID returns empty result set
- Date format not matching YYYY-MM-DD may cause parsing error
- Exceeding limit cap of 100 may return an error or be clamped

## How this service works

Which areas and populations has HRSA designated Medically Underserved (MUA/P)? Search by state, county, status, designation type, MUA/P id, maximum IMU score (0-100, LOWER = more underserved), or designated-since date. Returns the service area, IMU score, geography, and dates — the safety-net / FQHC territory for staffing, telehealth, and access programs. HRSA public-domain records.

## Output

Returns a list of MUA/P records matching the search criteria, each including the MUA/P ID, service area name, designation type (Medically Underserved Area or Population), current status (Designated or Withdrawn), IMU score (0–100, lower = more underserved), geographic details, designation date, and associated population data. Results are paginated and sortable by IMU score or designation date.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [],
   "properties": {
    "sort": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "imu_score:asc"
     ],
     "description": "imu_score | designation_date :asc|:desc. Default imu_score:asc."
    },
    "limit": {
     "type": "integer",
     "examples": [
      25
     ],
     "description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100)."
    },
    "since": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "2015-01-01"
     ],
     "description": "Designated on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)."
    },
    "state": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "CA"
     ],
     "description": "State/territory code(s), CSV."
    },
    "county": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "Los Angeles"
     ],
     "description": "County name fragment."
    },
    "mua_id": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "00336"
     ],
     "description": "Exact MUA/P ID."
    },
    "offset": {
     "type": "integer",
     "examples": [
      0
     ],
     "description": "Rows to skip."
    },
    "status": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "Designated"
     ],
     "description": "Designated | Withdrawn (CSV)."
    },
    "max_imu": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "50"
     ],
     "description": "Maximum IMU score (0-100, LOWER = more underserved)."
    },
    "designation_type": {
     "type": "string",
     "examples": [
      "Medically Underserved Area"
     ],
     "description": "Designation type fragment."
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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