Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement

For programmatic or technical questions:
Natalia Vargas, MPH
301.945.0782
nvargas@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Bria Haley
301.443.3778
bhaley@hrsa.gov

The Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement will award funding to one organization to provide technical assistance to beneficiaries of FORHP quality initiatives, such as grantees, Critical Access Hospitals, and other rural providers.

Technical assistance will include things such as:

• Expanding capacity to use data for quality improvement
• Improving understanding of health information technology and related quality measurement and improvement efforts, including electronic clinical measures
• Supporting implementation of quality measures, measure reporting, and identifying rural-relevant measures for Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP)
• Identifying and disseminating strategies and evidence-based practices for using data to drive quality improvement efforts
• Developing products or adapting existing products to support rural quality measure reporting and uptake

Eligible applicants include domestic public, private, nonprofit or for-profit organizations, including institutions of higher education, tribes and tribal organizations, and faith-based and community-based organizations.

Estimated total program funding: $640,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Number of awards: 1

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and online application process are available through grants.gov.

Applicant webinar
January 5, 2023
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Call-in number: 833.568.8864
Participant code: 09687005