Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program
sponsor to
determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.
For programmatic or technical
questions:
Laura Seifert
lseifert@hrsa.gov
For grants management or budget
questions:
Bria Haley
bhaley@hrsa.gov
The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program provides support to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for quality improvement, quality reporting, performance improvements, and benchmarking; designating facilities as critical access hospitals; and the provision of rural emergency medical services (EMS).
Program areas include:- Improve the quality of care provided by CAHs
- Improve the financial and operational outcomes of CAHs
- CAH population health improvement
- Rural EMS Improvement
- CAH Designation
Eligible applicants are states, including states that are current Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients under HRSA-19-024 or states submitting a new application from a Governor designated entity.
Award ceiling: See Appendix: State
Funding Levels in the
application instructions.
Number of awards: Up to 45
Project period: 5 years
Total funding available: $30,000,000
Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.
Applicant webinar
January 31, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Call-in number: 833.568.8864
Meeting ID: 160 222 5205
Related Content
Organizations (3)
- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, view details
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, view details
- Health Resources and Services Administration, view details
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