This program supports small rural healthcare providers in building sustainable quality improvement capacity by enhancing clinical data collection and use, implementing evidence-based practices to improve chronic disease outcomes, and strengthening billing and coding staff collaboration with clinical teams. It aims to position these providers for participation in value-based care models and improve patient health outcomes.
Eligible applicants include rural domestic public or nonprofit private health care providers such as critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, or networks of small rural providers located in rural areas. Various government entities and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status are also elig