Deadline: 7-Feb-23
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Rural Health Innovation and Transformation Technical Assistance program.
The purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance (TA) to support rural health care through innovative payment models and to promote the value-based care landscape in the context of rural health care.
For the purposes of this funding opportunity, the term “stakeholders” may include, but is not limited to, different types of rural health care providers, community-based organizations, foundations, third party payers, and public (e.g., state, local, and Federal Government) entities.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), within CMS, is tasked with transitioning their health system to value-based care by developing, testing, and evaluating new payment and service delivery models to reduce health care cost while improving outcomes. In its strategic direction for the next ten years, CMMI is emphasizing equitable value-based care that will improve the health system for all patients and aims to achieve equitable outcomes by focusing on five strategies:
- Increasing the number of beneficiaries in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care
- Advancing health equity by increasing focus on underserved populations
- Supporting care innovations that enable integrated, person-centered care
- Improving access by addressing affordability
- Engaging partners and beneficiaries to achieve system transformation.
Goals
- In alignment with federal priorities with respect to value-based care, this funding opportunity seeks to provide a mechanism for the federal government to support rural health care stakeholders to achieve the following goals:
- Raise awareness of the unique considerations facing rural providers and communities in implementing equitable value-based care in the current and emerging environments, with a focus on the strategic areas identified.
- Enable rural stakeholders to understand value-based care models in both the public and the private sector, the rural relevance of these models, and their options for participation. Help rural providers and other rural stakeholders find and apply strategies to support rural participation in value-based care.
- Provide resources, analysis, and other TA that is nationwide in scope, meaning that the focus of this award is to reach a broad set of rural stakeholders across the country as opposed to limiting the focus on one particular state, region, provider type, model, or program.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
- County governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, for-profit and non-profit entities. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.