Overview
Senate Bill 22-200 created the Rural Provider Access and Affordability Stimulus Grant Program which will award $10 million to qualified rural hospitals. The purpose of the grant payments is to improve health care affordability and access to care in rural Colorado. Grant payments will be allocated into two categories, affordability-related projects and care-related projects.
The Rural Provider Access and Affordability Stimulus Grant Program is administered by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing with advice and recommendation of the Rural Provider Access and Affordability Stimulus Advisory Committee.
Subrecipient Resources
Grant Awardees
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Applicant |
County |
Access or Affordability |
Project Name |
Estimated Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center |
Otero |
Access |
Southeastern Colorado Rural |
$500,000 |
|
Colorado Canyons Hospital and Medical Center |
Mesa |
Affordability |
Pharmacy Equipment |
$550,000 |
|
Delta County Memorial Hospital |
Delta |
Affordability |
New Electronic Health Record |
$650,000 |
|
Estes Park Health |
Larimer |
Access |
Replacement Beds |
$150,000 |
|
Gunnison Valley Health |
Gunnison |
Affordability |
Upgrade and Integrate EHR |
$650,000 |
|
Haxtun Hospital District |
Phillips |
Access |
Access to Care through Equipment |
$200,000 |
|
Keefe Memorial Health Service District |
Cheyenne |
Affordability |
Digital Records |
$350,000 |
|
Kit Carson County Health Service District |
Kit Carson |
Access |
Bed Replacement Project |
$100,000 |
|
Kit Carson County Health Service District |
Kit Carson |
Access |
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program |
$200,000 |
|
Lincoln Community Hospital |
Lincoln |
Affordability |
Community Paramedicine Program |
$350,000 |
|
Melissa Memorial Hospital |
Phillips |
Access |
Care Coordination and Enhanced Sustainability |
$650,000 |
|
Middle Park Medical Center |
Grand |
Access |
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner |
$550,000 |
|
Mt. San Rafael Hospital |
Las Animas |
Access |
Rural Health Clinic Remodel and Reorganization |
$650,000 |
|
Pagosa Springs Medical Center |
Archuleta |
Affordability |
Oxygen Generation Building and IT Upgrade |
$400,000 |
|
Rangely District Hospital |
Rio Blanco |
Affordability |
Neurology Department |
$650,000 |
|
Rio Grande Hospital |
Rio Grande |
Access |
Housing |
$600,000 |
|
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital |
Conejos |
Access |
Expanded BH Coordination |
$400,000 |
|
San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center |
Alamosa |
Affordability |
MRI Modernization |
$650,000 |
|
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center |
Huerfano |
Access |
Advanced Mammography Machine |
$650,000 |
|
St. Vincent General Hospital District |
Lake |
Access |
Spine Surgery Equipment |
$400,000 |
|
The Memorial Hospital |
Moffat |
Affordability |
Radiology Department Upgrade |
$300,000 |
|
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital |
Kiowa |
Access |
Rural Clinic Sheridan |
$100,000 |
|
Wray Community District Hospital |
Yuma |
Access |
Radiology Capital Project |
$650,000 |
|
Yuma District Hospital |
Yuma |
Affordability |
Ultrasound Plus Project |
$250,000 |
|
Total Awarded |
|
|
|
$10,600,000 |
Award Recommendation Framework
Award application framework:
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Financial needs of the hospital
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The proposed project’s
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Impact on affordability and access
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Likelihood of completion and the timeline’s reasonableness
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Sustainability
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Regional need for the project
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Consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion
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If applicable, the partner engagement, support, and collaboration
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The quality of the application
The committee also considered the regional dispersion of available funding in selecting award recommendations.
Qualification and Application
Qualified rural hospitals applied for funding through an application process developed by the Department in consultation with the Advisory Committee.
To apply, qualified rural hospitals submitted an application using the files below. For the applicant’s convenience, the application is split up into logical sections, and a checklist is provided. The submission included multiple documents: the filled out standardized form, narrative responses on the applicant’s letterhead, supporting documents, and a budget worksheet.
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B. Application
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Appendix
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Resources
Applications were due on May 8, 2023.
Rural Provider Access and Affordability Stimulus Grant Program Workshop
The Department held a workshop that provided an overview of the application process for the Rural Provider Access and Affordability Stimulus Grant Program. The application is split up into logical sections, and a checklist is provided. The submission will include multiple documents: the filled out standardized form, narrative responses on the applicant’s letterhead, supporting documents, and a budget worksheet. Please see the recording and slides from the workshop below.
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Workshop Recording - April 10, 2023
Rules
The Rural Provider Access and Affordability Advisory Committee met from September 7th through November 18th and made recommendations on grant eligibility, use of funds, criteria for determining grant awards and amounts, grant procedures, timelines, and reporting requirements.
Rules for administration of the grant program were approved at the December 9, 2022 meeting of the Medical Services Board. These rules were unanimously supported by the advisory committee.
Reference
Senate Bill 22-200 is the statute establishing the grant program, signed June 1, 2022.
Contact Us
Please email us with any questions at HCPF_RuralGrantProgram@state.co.us.