Project Grant G2033267

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services a $627.1 million Cooperative Agreement on December 29, 2025, under the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program (CFDA 93.798) to implement "Healthy Hometowns," Iowa's comprehensive rural health transformation initiative. The award, with a completion date of October 30, 2030, supports four major strategic initiatives: Hometown...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Health Quality Partners of Southern California (HQP), a subsidiary of Health Center Partners of Southern California, received a $1.41 million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the State and Regional Primary Care Associations (PCAs), National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAPs), and Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) program (CFDA 93.129). The award commenced on August 1, 2025, and extends...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program, supports a comprehensive $398,972 study on improving healthcare quality and equity for newborns with prenatal substance exposure. The study, conducted by the University of California, Davis in collaboration with the Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns (BORN) network and the EMPOWER stakeholder group, aims to:...

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 a $100,000 research project by the American Board of Family Medicine Inc. (ABFM) to analyze the response of primary care providers to updates of four different clinical treatment guidelines. The project aims to assess the predictors of time to practice change towards more guideline-concordant care for updates related...

The University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. (KUMCRI) was awarded a $145,139 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The award, with a project period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, aims to develop community-informed quality indicators and implementation strategies to improve health equity in primary care settings. Key activities include: 1) identifying...

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded a $399,111 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The grant aims to increase postpartum primary care engagement, quality, and experience by strengthening coordination between obstetric and primary care providers. The intervention includes default primary care visit scheduling,...

Health Quality Partners of Southern California (HQP) received a $1,215,984 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion under the Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening program (CFDA 93.800) effective August 30, 2025, through August 29, 2030. HQP will implement a multi-component, systems-based initiative to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among adults aged...

Washington County Memorial Hospital (WCMH) received a $700,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to implement Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) services at its rural health clinics in Missouri. The award, obligated on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027, funds the establishment of integrated care management and remote monitoring capabilities...

Federal Grant Award Summary Self Regional Healthcare (Greenwood County Hospital Board) received a $300,000 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912). The award funds the Lakelands Collaborative Care Initiative, which expands Chronic Care Management (CCM) services across South Carolina's Lakelands region (Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, Edgefield, and Saluda Counties) through September 2029....

Federal Grant Award Summary: Pono Pulse Primary Care Project The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $500,000 on August 1, 2025, to Hawaii Island Community Health Center (HICHC) under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to implement the Pono Pulse Primary Care Project. Through this four-year project grant (extending through July 31, 2029), HICHC will deliver expanded chronic care management services targeting high-risk Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries in rural...