Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)

Post Date

October 14th 2015

Application Due Date

December 15th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-16-018

CFDA Number(s)

93.301

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=2068f048-21ac-4986-b317-2b25385e8f1a

Number of Awards

47

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
Other

The State Office of Rural Health (SORH) in each state will be the official grantee of record, as they will act as a fiscal intermediary for all hospitals within their state.Ф This is a competing continuation announcement.Ф Eligible applicants include current SORHs receiving SHIP, as well as SORHs not previously funded who meet eligibility requirements

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $14571000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This announcement solicits applications for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP). ФThe purpose of the SHIP is to help small rural hospitals of 49 beds or less, do any or all of the following: 1) enable the purchase of equipment and/or training to help hospitals attain value-based purchasing provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA); 2) aid small rural hospitals in joining or becoming accountable care organizations, or create shared savings programs per the ACA; and 3) enable small rural hospitals to purchase health information technology, equipment, and/or training to comply with meaningful use, ICD-10 standards, and payment bundling.

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
  bware@hrsa.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact Bridget Ware at (301)443-3822 or email bware@hrsa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  bware@hrsa.gov