Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program

About the program

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-26-046
Dates to Apply: 07/02/2026 to 08/06/2026
Bureau/Office: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Status: Open

The purpose of the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program is to improve the delivery of cost-effective, coordinated, high-quality health care services in rural primary care settings.

Program objectives include increasing care coordination, enhancing chronic disease management, and improving health outcomes for patients. Program funding supports rural health care providers in strengthening their capacity for quality improvement and value-based care.

This program will help rural health care providers improve health outcomes, expand capacity for essential healthcare services and increase operational and financial sustainability by the end of the four-year performance period.

Who can apply

Eligible applicants must be a rural domestic public or nonprofit private health care provider or provider of health care services, such as a critical access hospital, a rural health clinic; or be another rural provider or network of small rural providers identified by the Secretary as a key source of local or regional care; and not previously have received an award under this subsection for the same or similar project. The applicant organization must be located in a rural area.

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Kristin Martinsen
301-594-4438

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