Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program

Link

View Program Website

Sponsor

Georgia Southern University Center for Public Health Practice and Research

Deadlines

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Contact

912.478.2581
ttap@georgiasouthern.edu

Purpose

The Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program (TTAP) offers 2 years of comprehensive technical assistance to help rural hospitals meet financial and operational challenges and maintain essential health services for the communities they serve.

Selected hospitals receive support in prioritizing and implementing short-term, mid-range and long-term strategies for positioning their organizations for financial sustainability through a process that includes:

Comprehensive financial and operational assessments
Financial sustainability planning
Strategy implementation
Monitoring
Evaluation

Eligibility

Eligible rural hospitals include short-term, non-federal general facilities located outside Metropolitan Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) or located within Metropolitan areas in locations with Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes of four (4) or greater, or facilities in any location participating in Medicare as Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). IHS and other eligible hospitals may also receive technical assistance.

Geographic coverage

Nationwide

Amount of funding

Participants receive 2 years of targeted technical assistance at no cost with an additional year of follow-up.

4 hospitals will be selected to participate each year.

Application process

A link to the application form is available on the program website.

The application should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

Tagged as

Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Critical Access Hospitals · Governance of healthcare organizations · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals

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