June 5, 2002 |
Contact:
HRSA Press Office
301-443-3376 |
In today’s Federal
Register, HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration
announced the availability of $15 million in grants for small rural
hospitals to improve performance and reduce medical errors.
The new grant program, managed by HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy,
will also help recipients:
- with costs related to implementation of prospective payment systems;
and
- comply with provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996.
Eligible applicants are all small rural hospitals, defined as those
having 49 available beds or less. Participants are encouraged
to form consortiums and pool their grant funds to purchase needed goods
and services.
HRSA expects to award up to 1,300 grants of equal amount through state
offices of rural health. Applications are due by June 21, and
awards will be announced in late September.
A list of eligible hospitals can be found at
http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ship.htm. Application packages
are being mailed to all hospitals on this list. For more information
on the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program, contact Jerry
Coopey at 301-443-0835; fax 301-443-2803; email: jcoopey@hrsa.gov.
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