Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) announces a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for a grant opportunity with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 to provide technical assistance to healthcare providers enrolled in the District’s Medicaid program.
This technical assistance program will:
- provide a brief, stakeholder assessment of Medicaid providers’ needs for legal analysis, budgeting, and business development support; and
- design and deliver appropriate resources to meet these needs.
The Business Transformation Grant responds to recommendations from the Mayor’s Commission on Healthcare Systems Transformation, specifically responding to recommendations to: “Facilitate health system integration by providing legal and regulatory technical assistance to providers who wish to develop clinically integrated networks (CINs), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and Independent Physician Associations”; and to “Make key investments and policy changes to promote system integration for accountable care transformation,
- Invest in practice transformation capacities, and
- Ensure alignment and integration to enable accountability.”
Funding Information
Subject to the availability of funds, the grant shall have a base year (not to exceed $500,000), option year 1 (not to exceed $500,000), and option year 2 (not to exceed $500,000).
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have a demonstrated record of:
- Legal and business expertise in healthcare and nonprofit management, including strategic affiliations such as mergers and joint ventures.
- Demonstrated experience providing tailored TA and training to Medicaid providers on optimizing legal, business, and financial operations.
- Understanding of the District’s Medicaid provider landscape including workflows, challenges, and opportunities with managed care.
- Demonstrated expertise with value-based payment methodologies that further whole-person care, including implementation of population health strategies that meet Learning and Action Network (LAN) categories 2-4.
For more information, visit https://communityaffairs.dc.gov/publication/business-transformation-grant