Note: we now have details on 3,200 awards totalling $3.8B in RHTP Y1. If you have a research project, let’s talk.
In this issue:
Idaho says its Healthcare Infrastructure Support Solicitation drew more than 250 applications asking for more than $300 million
Oregon‘s Transformation Funds show up by name for the first time: Wallowa Memorial Hospital and Medical Clinics awarded over $5.4 million
Virginia publishes the Earn to Learn Initiative RFA through Virginia Works, $4,679,752.46 for rural allied health apprenticeships, due October 16
Maine opens a Youth Tele-Behavioral Health Provider opportunity, applications due October 18
Vermont‘s RHT Year 1 Awards and Contracts list adds 26 agreements and $22,365,970.68 in a week, and Rutland Regional’s primary care agreement comes off it
New Hampshire hands Health Strategies for New Hampshire a $40 million sole-source contract to run GO-NORTH population health grants
Idaho says its Healthcare Infrastructure Support Solicitation drew more than 250 applications asking for more than $300 million
The solicitation had $97,213,653 available. Director Juliet Charron gave the count at the first meeting of the Governor’s RHT Implementation Task Force on September 23. Laura Guido of the Idaho Capital Sun was in the room and has it first. Charron’s words:
That means that we will have to say no to some
That’s more than three to one on a solicitation with no cap on individual awards. Stage 2 spending waits on a detailed budget due within 45 days of award. All of Idaho’s roughly 20 Year 1 opportunities are closed, and the October 30 obligation deadline is five weeks out.
DHW added a Governor’s RHT Implementation Task Force folder to its public document library the same day. As of this morning it is empty. Weiser Memorial Hospital CEO Beau McNeff, a task force member, asked why Alaska got more than $272 million and Idaho under $200 million. Charron sent the question to CMS.
Oregon‘s Transformation Funds show up by name for the first time: Wallowa Memorial Hospital and Medical Clinics awarded over $5.4 million
OHA’s July 7 release set aside $50 million in direct, non-competitive Transformation Funds: $35 million for rural hospitals, $10 million for certified rural health clinics, and $5 million for local public health authorities. OHA has not posted a recipient list. Wallowa County Health Care District has now posted its own numbers via press release:
Direct Transformation Awards will deliver immediate upgrades across local facilities, including $964,000 allocated to Wallowa Memorial Hospital to complete the installation of a new, state-of-the-art onsite MRI unit. Additionally, $100,000 awards are funding specific clinical and community projects at each of the district’s four Rural Health Clinics.
That’s the first per-recipient look at the rural hospital pool and the clinic pool. $100,000 per clinic works out to a flat per-RHC allocation, at least here.
The district also holds two competitive Catalyst Awards, for $4.1 million total:
$1,965,251 for a Rural Maternal and Newborn Health Sustainability Initiative covering Eastern Oregon
$2,135,065 for stereotactic breast biopsy, 3D mammography, a CT scanner with cardiac calcium scoring, a Mohs dermatology program, and a blood bank analyzer integrated with Epic
OHA’s Catalyst data file carries the second project at $2,047,167.83. The district’s release says 500+ proposals were submitted across the state.
Other districts will know their own Transformation Funds numbers. If you have yours, reply back.
