Closed · HRSA-23-042 · CFDA 93.155 · Discretionary
Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Federal grant opportunity posted by Health Resources and Services Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $640K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 17, 2023
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement is a closed discretionary listing from Health Resources and Services Administration that offered Up to $640,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $640K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 93.155
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement - is cataloged under number HRSA-23-042 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.155, posted by Health Resources and Services Administration. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on November 28, 2022. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $640,000. The agency has projected $640,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $640,000 estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $640,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on February 17, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $640,000
Close Date
February 17, 2023
Posted
November 28, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$640,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this program is to advance efforts to improve health care and quality of care in rural areas by supporting quality measure implementation, data reporting, and the use of data to drive improvements in care. This program directly supports critical access hospitals (CAHs) as Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program beneficiaries in carrying out activities of the Flex Program, and to meet the goals of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP).The purpose of MBQIP is to improve quality of care provided in CAHs by increasing quality data reporting and drive quality improvement activities based on the data. Technical assistance (TA) shall be provided to beneficiaries of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) quality initiatives, such as award recipients, CAHs, small rural health care providers, and other health care facilities/providers in rural areas. Reducing provider burden of participation in quality measurement reporting is a priority of this program. TA support for quality measurement and improvement should include, but is not limited to the following: • Expanding capacity to use data for quality improvement; • Providing TA to improve understanding of health information technology and related quality measurement and improvement efforts (including electronic clinical measures); • Supporting implementation of quality measures, measure reporting, and identifying rural-relevant measures for MBQIP; • Identifying and disseminating strategies and evidence-based practices for using data to drive quality improvement efforts, in alignment with federal quality measurement and improvement priorities; and • Providing TA and developing products or adapting existing products to support rural quality measure reporting and uptake.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 00, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 22, 23, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration nvargas@hrsa.gov
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