Frontier Community Health Integration Project Technical Assistance, Tracking, and Analysis

Post Date

May 8th 2014

Application Due Date

June 19th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-14-137

CFDA Number(s)

93.155

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=535b8c7f-f4fd-4255-8dc5-d6433bfc2f3b

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

ФEligible applicants include public, private, and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations, as well as Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments and organizations.ФApplicants must have experience in analyzing rural health issues, particularly in identifying and addressing emerging policy issues for health care delivery systems in isolated and sparsely populated areas.Ф The principal investigator should have at least five years of work experience specific to rural and frontier health system research and policy analysis.Ф The applicant should demonstrate substantial expertise related to hospital finance and quality measurement and experience working directly with rural and frontier providers to develop and implement performance plans to improve efficiency and quality of care.Ф Expertise should be specific to the financial reimbursement mechanisms of rural health care providers, especially CAHs, in the areas of home health care, hospital-based nursing facility care, telemedicine services, and ambulance services.Ф Applicants should also have experience with the distinct challenges related to effective quality improvement, cost efficiency, clinical process, and patient outcomes reporting in rural and frontier areas.Ф The applicant must have the capacity to support FCHIP Demonstration participants in their relationships with distant and local providers around coordinating and integrating care.Ф Ф

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $500000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of the FCHIP TA Program is to provide technical assistance, site implementation assistance, and other tracking and analytic activities to support providers participating in the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration in identifying potential new approaches to health care delivery, reimbursement, and coordination in sparsely populated areas.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Health Resources and Services Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Grants Application Center, 910 Clopper Road, Suite 155 South, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772 or email CallCenter@HRSA.GOV

• Agency Email Address:

  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV