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HCAI outlines SHIP grant schedule and eligible investments for small rural hospitals
Summary
HCAI presented the Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) application timetable, participant eligibility and allowable investment areas (value-based purchasing, ACO/shared savings and payment-bundling/PPS supports); estimated per-hospital awards are about $13,000, and grants are paid after year-end reporting.
Matthew Garcia of HCAI summarized the Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), a federal HRSA program that funds eligible small rural hospitals to support quality improvement and value-based payment readiness.
SHIP eligibility: nonfederal, short-term general acute care hospitals located outside metropolitan statistical areas (or rural census tracts within an MSA), fewer than 50 beds (critical access hospitals…
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