This department is offering the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program grant to support critical access hospitals (CAHs) in quality improvement, reporting, and benchmarking, assist facilities seeking CAH designation, and establish or expand rural emergency medical services. The grant aims to provide training and technical assistance for rural health care improvement, ensuring high-quality care aligning with community needs. The grant focuses on key areas like CAH quality improvement, operational and financial improvement, and rural EMS enhancement. The goal is to stabilize finances, adapt to community needs, and integrate patient care throughout the rural health care system, ultimately delivering high value and healthier outcomes in rural communities.
Opportunity ID: 307896
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-19-024 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=51500107-e191-4c06-9322-a1bde2709872 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 45 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.241 — State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 24, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jan 24, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | May 28, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $27,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only states (current Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients in states with certified critical access hospitals) are eligible to apply for funding under this notice. HRSA will accept only one application from each state. The Governor designates the eligible applicant from each state. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Description: | The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to enable state Flex programs to support critical access hospitals (CAHs) in quality improvement, quality reporting, performance improvement, and benchmarking; to assist facilities seeking designation as CAHs; and to create a program to establish or expand the provision of rural emergency medical services (EMS). The aim of the Flex Program is to provide training and technical assistance to build capacity, support innovation, and promote sustainable improvement in the rural health care system. The overall goal of the Flex Program is to ensure that high quality health care is available in rural communities and aligned with community needs. Health care services include appropriate preventative, ambulatory, pre-hospital, emergent, and inpatient care. High quality rural health care will deliver high value to patients and communities and result in healthier rural people. The long-term objectives of the Flex Program are to enable CAHs, including CAH-owned clinics, and rural EMS agencies to: ? Show and improve quality of care; ? Stabilize finances and maintain services; ? Adjust to address changing community needs; and ? Ensure patient care is integrated throughout the rural health care delivery system. State Flex funding for this period of performance will act as a resource and focal point to address needs and demonstrate outcomes in the following six program areas with an emphasis and priority on quality, operational, and financial improvement in CAHs: Program Area 1: CAH Quality Improvement (required) Program Area 2: CAH Operational and Financial Improvement (required) Program Area 3: CAH Population Health Improvement (optional) Program Area 4: Rural EMS Improvement (optional) Program Area 5: Innovative Model Development (optional) Program Area 6: CAH Designation (required if assistance is requested by rural hospitals) |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
syoung2@hrsa.gov Email:syoung2@hrsa.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration syoung2@hrsa.gov Email: syoung2@hrsa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.241 | HRSA-19-024 | Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program | PKG00247769 | Mar 29, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
307896 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
307896 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
307896 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
307896 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
307896 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
307896 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
307896 SF424B-1.1.pdf
307896 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
307896 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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