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Missouri Aim for Excellence Award

Sponsor
Missouri Hospital Association
Deadlines
May 1, 2026
Contact

Jackie Gatz
573.893.3700 Ext. 1330
jgatz@mohospitals.org

Summer Wilson
573.893.3700 Ext. 1434
swilson@mohospitals.org

Purpose

The Missouri Hospital Association's (MHA) Aim for Excellence Award recognizes hospitals for their accomplishments, innovations, and outcomes for projects that address at least two of the three Triple Aim principles, which are population, care quality, and cost/value.

Awards will be given in 2 categories:

  • Critical Access Hospitals and rural hospitals
  • Small and large metropolitan statistical area hospitals and healthcare systems

The award will recognize achievement, disseminate successful models, motivate innovation, promote publication, and support application to nationally-based grants and awards.

Eligibility

Hospitals and health systems projects that meet the following criteria are eligible for the award:

  • Project-based applications designating a team or organization
  • Limit of one application per hospital facility
  • Intervention must have been implemented for at least 1 year and have evidence of results
  • Hospital-based applications must address at least 2 of the 3 Triple Aim principles
  • Awards for the comprehensive care model or health system must address all three principles
Geographic coverage
Missouri
Amount of funding

Awards will be given in 2 categories:

  1. Critical access and rural hospitals
  2. Small and large metropolitan statistical area hospitals and healthcare systems

Benefits for awardees are listed on the program website.

Awards will be presented at MHA's Annual Convention in November.

Application process

Links to additional guidance, application template, and the online application form are available on the program website.

Tagged as
Critical Access Hospitals · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Leadership · Population health · Missouri

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