Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program

912.478.2581
ttap@georgiasouthern.edu

The Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program (TTAP) offers 2 years of comprehensive technical assistance to help rural hospitals meet financial and operational challenges and maintain essential health services for the communities they serve.

Selected hospitals receive support in prioritizing and implementing short-term, mid-range and long-term strategies for positioning their organizations for financial sustainability through a process that includes:

• Comprehensive financial and operational assessments
• Financial sustainability planning
• Strategy implementation
• Monitoring
• Evaluation

Eligible rural hospitals include short-term, non-federal general facilities located outside Metropolitan Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) or located within Metropolitan areas in locations with Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes of four (4) or greater, or facilities in any location participating in Medicare as Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Hospitals operated by tribes and tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended) may also receive technical assistance..

Participants receive 2 years of targeted technical assistance at no cost with an additional year of follow-up.

4 hospitals will be selected to participate each year.

A link to the application form is available on the program website.

The application should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.