Texas Department of Agriculture is inviting applicants for its Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program to assist small rural hospitals of 49 beds or less with their quality improvement (QI) efforts and with their adaptation to changing payment systems through investments in hardware, software, and related trainings
Donor Name: Texas Department of Agriculture
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/18/202
Grant Size: $13,011
Details:
SHIP funded investments include:
- activities that support improved data collection to facilitate quality reporting and improvement;
- activities that support the development or basic tenets of ACOs or shared savings programs; and/or
- activities that improve hospital financial processes.
Funding Information
The estimated maximum budget of $13,011 should be used to support and implement eligible activities.
Eligibility Criteria
The State Office of Rural Health (SORH) (within TDA) will be the official grantee of record and act as a fiscal intermediary for all hospitals applying for SHIP funding. Applications will be screened for eligibility and completeness. SORH will compile all eligible applications and submit one SHIP application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Eligible applicants are small hospitals located in a rural area. For the purpose of this program:
- “small hospitals” is defined as a non-Federal, short-term general acute care hospital that: (i) is located in a rural area as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d) and (ii) has 49 available beds or less, as reported on the hospital’s most recently filed Medicare Cost Report;
- “located in a rural area” is defined as either: (1) located outside of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); (2) located within a rural census tract of a MSA, as determined under the Goldsmith Modification or the Rural Urban Commuting Areas (RUCAs); or (3) is being treated as if being located in a rural area pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1395(d)(8)(E); and
- Eligible hospitals may be for-profit or not-for-profit, including faith-based. Hospitals in U.S. territories as well as tribally operated hospitals under Titles I and V of P.L. 93-638 are eligible to the extent that such hospitals meet the above criteria.
For more information, visit Texas Department of Agriculture.
