# Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hrsa-23-042-rural-quality-improvement-technical-assistance-cooperative/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/340895

> Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $640,000 to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make one award worth $640,000 in total. Applications closed on February 17, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HRSA-23-042 |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 17, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $640,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $640,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.155 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit organizations. Institutions of higher education, faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.

## What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this program is to advance efforts to improve health care and quality of care in rural areas by supporting quality measure implementation, data reporting, and the use of data to drive improvements in care. This program directly supports critical access hospitals (CAHs) as Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program beneficiaries in carrying out activities of the Flex Program, and to meet the goals of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP).The purpose of MBQIP is to improve quality of care provided in CAHs by increasing quality data reporting and drive quality improvement activities based on the data. Technical assistance (TA) shall be provided to beneficiaries of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) quality initiatives, such as award recipients, CAHs, small rural health care providers, and other health care facilities/providers in rural areas. Reducing provider burden of participation in quality measurement reporting is a priority of this program. TA support for quality measurement and improvement should include, but is not limited to the following: • Expanding capacity to use data for quality improvement; • Providing TA to improve understanding of health information technology and related quality measurement and improvement efforts (including electronic clinical measures); • Supporting implementation of quality measures, measure reporting, and identifying rural-relevant measures for MBQIP; • Identifying and disseminating strategies and evidence-based practices for using data to drive quality improvement efforts, in alignment with federal quality measurement and improvement priorities; and • Providing TA and developing products or adapting existing products to support rural quality measure reporting and uptake.

## Questions people ask

### Is HRSA-23-042 still open?

No. It closed on February 17, 2023.

### Who can apply for Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement?

Closed February 17, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $640,000 each. About $640,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Rural Health Research Centers grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Texas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Iowa Department of Public Health. The program made 341 awards worth $615 million in that time.