Kansas Rural Emergency Hospital/Transformative Capital Investment (REH/CAP) Grant

For programmatic questions:
kdhe.REH-CAP@ks.gov

For compliance and fiscal questions:
kdhe.REH-CAP@ks.gov

The Rural Emergency Hospital/Transformative Capital Investment (REH/CAP) Grant will provide facilities that have been converted or are in the process of converting to Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) status with funds to make necessary facility renovations and provide other eligible providers with funds to make capital investments to transform how they serve their communities. 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

The applicant must have approved REH conversion prior to submission of the application.

Award ceiling: up to $3,000,000
Estimated number of awards: up to 15
Estimated total program funding: $15,000,000

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