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In this issue:
Oregon posts version 3 of its RHTP Frequently Asked Questions for Catalyst, Immediate Impact and local public health awardees, dated October 8
Massachusetts posts a corrected Attachment A – Rural Partner Application for its Rural Partners RFA; questions close October 14
Mississippi amends its BRIDGE Innovative Pilot Program NOFO: $16 million available, colleges and out-of-state applicants in, one application per NPI or TIN
Georgia opens the GREAT Health Rural Simulation Mannequin Grant Program, $90,000 per award, due November 13
Tennessee has its County Health Council Collaborative Action for Rural Engagement (CARE) Grants, RFA #34320-19727, open: $2 million, up to $500,000 per award, due November 20
Alaska issues its last five Year 1 Notices of Intent to Award, $4.8 million, and closes Year 1 at 254 projects and $248,976,547.51
South Dakota puts 292 payments and $12.2 million behind its Where Investment Meets Impact map, $8.8 million of it in PACT quality payments to providers
Texas posts 284 Rural Texas Strong applications at Intent to Award, $451 million, with 68 contracts executed
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Oregon posts version 3 of its RHTP Frequently Asked Questions for Catalyst, Immediate Impact and local public health awardees
This is the document behind the “Information for funded partners” block OHA added to its RHTP page. The answer that matters if you sell to Oregon awardees:
Only contractors, subrecipients, and consultants appropriately listed under Section F of the budget narrative are subject to 2 CFR Part 200.320.
And awardees going to market before their agreement is signed must put this in every job posting and RFP:
This position/contract is designed to support the Oregon Rural Health Transformation Program, for which final budget details are currently being negotiated with the Oregon Health Authority. Hiring will be contingent on funding being disbursed.
The rest of the rules:
No spending on a Section F consultant, subrecipient or contractor until that entity’s separate budget is approved
Equipment at $10,000 or more per unit waits on CMS prior approval
Salary cap $228,000 per budget year; indirect up to a 15% de minimis rate
No RHTP money for Medicaid-billable services
The standard payment schedule is 50% at execution, then two 25% disbursements; Budget Period 1 money must be spent by September 30, 2027
Oregon “expects to learn whether it will receive continued funding and the amount by November 1, 2026,” and the first Budget Period 2 payment may not land until mid to late December
Separate FAQs for FQHCs, rural health clinics and rural hospitals receiving Transformation Funds “are forthcoming.”
Massachusetts posts a corrected Attachment A – Rural Partner Application for its Rural Partners RFA; questions close October 14
COMMBUYS Amendment 1, October 8: “Added a new version of Attachment A and removed the pervious version.” EOHHS’s October newsletter, sent October 9:
Note: If you downloaded the application form (Appendix A) from COMMBUYS before October 9, please redownload the corrected application form.
I compared the two editions. Same 22 pages, same 202 form fields with the same properties and positions; the text differs only by the “(Corrected)” label and a line reading “This is a corrected version of the application form.” Whatever was fixed doesn’t show in the text or the field layout, so redownload rather than patch an old copy.
We covered the RFA October 7. The dates:
Questions to EOHHS-Procurement@mass.gov by Wednesday, October 14 at 5:00 p.m. ET
Applications through COMMBUYS by Monday, October 26 at 5:00 p.m. ET
The same newsletter introduces Madeline Keefe as RHTP Finance Director and lists an open RHTP Principal Biostatistician position at DPH.
