How to participate
Most of the Washington’s Rural Health Transformation (RHT) funding awards will go to groups named in our application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). However, you could still participate through competitive bid processes.
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Upcoming opportunities
This year, we’ll post several opportunities through our competitive bid processes. We’ve currently planned three activities that will award funding to hospitals and providers. We’ll select multiple applicants for all funding opportunities.
We’re now accepting applications to the following activities on our bids and contracts page. The application documents include full details.
- Activity 1.4: Sustain and strengthen maternal, emergency, and specialty services at risk in rural areas
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We plan to use $9.5 million per year of RHT funding to incentivize hospitals to develop comprehensive strategies to sustain essential services. Prioritized services include:
- Maternity and obstetrics care
- Emergency services
- Other specialty care
Example: A hospital may request funds to develop remote monitoring for low-risk pregnancies, paired with capacity payments for midwives and birth centers located in rural areas. RHT funds would support start-up and implementation costs for hospitals, but applications will require a long-term sustainability plan.
- Activity 4.2: Provider technology fund
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We plan to use $12.5 million per year of RHT funding to create a provider technology fund for providers. Providers may qualify for funds to sustainably expand access to high-quality care:
- Purchase new technologies to improve operational efficiencies
- Enable remote services (including telehealth and remote patient monitoring)
- Improve population health via data and analytics
- Activity 6.4: Rural opioid treatment program (OTP) recruitment and retention
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We plan to use $6.2 million per year of RHT funding to establish a workforce incentive program for rural OTPs. Authorized OTPs may apply to receive incentives tied to a five-year service commitment, including:
- Recruitment bonuses
- Relocation support
- Childcare stipends
- Capacity payments
Other ways to work with the state
We appreciate that you’re looking for ways to help rural health care. There are many opportunities to work with Washington state:
- Register with Washington’s Electronic Business Solution to sell your goods and services to government agencies and higher education organizations.
- Check Washington state agencies for contracting opportunities:
Disclaimer: This program is supported by CMS of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a financial assistance award totaling $181,257,515.06 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CMS/HHS or the U.S. Government.