Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Grantees Program Cooperative Agreement (Technical Assistance Center)

The summary for the Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Grantees Program Cooperative Agreement (Technical Assistance Center) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Grantees Program Cooperative Agreement (Technical Assistance Center): This announcement solicits applications for the Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Grantees Cooperative Agreement Program. The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program supports improvements in the quality of health care provided in communities served by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), supporting efforts to improve the financial and operational performance of the CAHs, and supporting communities in developing collaborative regional and local delivery systems Very few hospitals remain eligible for conversion to critical access status and therefore State Flex Programs concentrate their efforts on the core program areas. The Flex Program core program areas include: (1) improvement of quality of care in CAHs and other rural care providers, (2) improving the financial and operational performance of CAHs, and (3) encouraging health system development through the engagement of the rural community with CAHs and other care providers, and integrating rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) into the health care system while assuring the quality of services provided. The cooperative agreement is to support the rural safety net by providing technical assistance to State level Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) grantees, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) grantees, and rural hospitals in the Delta Region. State Flex grantees are tasked with supporting quality improvement, financial and operational improvement, and health systems development in rural America. The cooperative agreement awardee, in coordination with ORHP project officers, provides the technical expertise and content knowledge to effectively maintain educational and operational support to the facilities within the 45 Flex States, the 46 SHIP hospital state level grantees, and hospitals in the Delta Region (252 counties). The awardee creates educational materials and trainings, and promotes peer-to-peer learning situations through services it supports.

Federal Grant Title:	Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Grantees Program Cooperative Agreement (Technical Assistance Center)
Federal Agency Name:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	HRSA-12-098
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.241
CFDA Descriptions:	State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Current Application Deadline:	Mar 19, 2012
Original Application Deadline:	Mar 19, 2012
Posted Date:	Jan 27, 2012
Creation Date:	Jan 27, 2012
Archive Date:	May 18, 2012
Total Program Funding:	$1,025,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit organizations. Eligible organizations may include State, local, and Indian tribal governments; institutions of higher education; other non-profit organizations (including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations); and hospitals. Applicants must have significant experience with providing technical assistance virtually and on-site to a wide range of stakeholders, to include State and hospital staff. Expert knowledge and demonstrable national recognition in the realm of CAH Finance, Performance Improvement, Quality Improvement, Health Systems Development, and Network Development are required. Applicants must have established methodologies for the creation and dissemination of TA related to the aforementioned focus areas.
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