Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program

912.478.2581
ttap@georgiasouthern.edu

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

Based on prioritized needs, participants may receive tailored one-on-one technical assistance in one or more of the following areas:

• Evidence-based strategy and business development
• Service line evaluation and reorganization
• Revenue cycle optimization
• Cost reporting
• Clinical and operational quality improvement
• Telehealth
• Rural Health Clinic performance optimization
• Marketing, community engagement, and outreach
• Workforce engagement and retention
• Coaching and leadership development
• Financial and operational management education and training

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.

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

4-6 hospitals will be selected to participate each year.

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

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