Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-16-018 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.301Eligible Applicants State governmentsOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: Dec 15, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 47Creation Date: Oct 14, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This announcement solicits applications for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP).  The 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.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding