This federal Project Grant award of $800,000.00 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will fund a study to assess the impact of Electronic Health Record (EHR) optimization interventions on Primary Care Physician (PCP) work experience and patient care quality. The study will evaluate three interventions - scribes, advanced team-based inbox messaging support, and AI-assisted inbox messaging...
The federal Project Grant award R01HS030245, titled "Bridges to Primary Care: Transforming Postpartum Primary Care Coordination for People with Chronic Conditions," is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program. The primary objective is to increase postpartum primary care engagement, quality, and experience by strengthening obstetric-to-primary care coordination using a behavioral...
The Pinckneyville Community Hospital was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The grant will be used to execute a multi-phase revenue cycle optimization project to improve the hospital's financial performance and sustainability. Key objectives include automating denial management,...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Asher Community Health Center (ACHC), a non-profit organization in Fossil, Oregon, a $800,000 two-year Project Grant (H8J54686) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The grant will allow ACHC to expand access to healthcare services in its rural service area by increasing operating hours at its clinic sites in Spray and Mitchell, Oregon. Specifically, the funding will support hiring 1 full-time...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program provides $398,972 in funding to the University of California, Davis to conduct a 5-year mixed-methods study (September 2024 - June 2029) on improving hospital care practices for newborns with prenatal substance exposure. The study aims to: 1) survey hospitals in the BORN nationwide research network to delineate current care...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will support research to analyze primary care providers' responses to clinical guideline updates. The $100,000 award to the American Board of Family Medicine Inc. (ABFM) will leverage the organization's extensive national repository of electronic health records to assess predictors of time to practice change following four specific...
The Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) was awarded a $2,000,000 per year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model (CFDA 93.968) to transform the state's healthcare delivery system. The key products and services to be delivered through this 6-year cooperative agreement include: Developing and implementing a Medicaid primary care...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded on December 1, 2024 by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand access to primary care services by adding extended weeknight and weekend hours at three of its medical centers. Specifically, the funding will support the hiring of additional clinical and enabling services staff, including 1.0 FTE family nurse...
This $700,000 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) aims to enhance healthcare delivery and sustainability at the Dallas County Medical Center (DCMC) in Arkansas. The key objectives of the three-year project include standardizing the organization's electronic medical record (EMR) and...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $3,938,332 Cooperative Agreement to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) under the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model (CFDA 93.968). The AHEAD Model aims to transform healthcare delivery systems and address unsustainable cost growth, poor population health, and health disparities by increasing investment in primary care and addressing health-related social needs. Through this...