Kansas Regional Partnership Grant Program

For programmatic questions:
kdhe.rpgp@ks.gov

For compliance and fiscal questions:
kdhe.RHTPCompliance@ks.gov

The Regional Partnership Grant Program will enable one or more eligible providers to participate in collaborative arrangements that promote preventive health and address root causes of disease, enhance rurall providers' efficiency and sustainability, attract and retain high-skilled healthcare workforce, spark growth of value-based care models, and foster the use of innovative technologies. All grant projects must align with at least one of the program objectives:

• Realize meaningful reductions in chronic disease rates and avoidable hospitalizations for complications related to chronic disease in rural Kansas
• Substantially reduce the number of rural Kansas hospitals with negative operating margins
• Improve provider-to-population ratios for primary care, dental and behavioral health services and ease nursing and allied health shortages in rural Kansas
• Have 100% of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in rural Kansas in accountable care relationships by 2031
• Enable rural Kansas providers to meaningfully engage in data sharing and analysis, expanded use of telehealth and remote monitoring, appropriate use of artificial intelligence, and utilization of consumer-facing technologies

Eligible applicants are any Kansas-based organization that has secured a written commitment from at least one eligible provider (other than the applicant) to pursue a collaborative arrangement consistent with the goal, objectives, and requirements of the RPGP. Eligible providers include:

• Hospitals
• Physician practices
• Rural Health Clinics
• Federally Qualified Health Centers
• Local health departments
• Native American sovereign tribe healthcare facilities
• Certified community behavioral health clinics
• Licensed substance use disorder facilities
• Licensed long-term care facilities

Providers in non-rural areas may apply if the arrangement directly benefits rural communities.

Award ceiling: $10,000,000
Award floor: $2,000,000
Estimated number of awards: 5-10
Estimated total program funding: $44,000,000

Links to application instructions and the online application portal are available on the program website.