Rural Health Service Providers Network

The Issue A significant number of vital health services providers are currently functionally ineligible to receive, or even apply for, many federal funding opportunities as a result of existing eligibility standards. Examples of this include the Provider Relief Fund, under the CARES Act, the eligibility requirements for which excluded many providers, including free clinics, because they lack a federal designation and cannot make it through the HRSA Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer. Rural Health Service Providers (RHSPs)are a vital component of the American public health infrastructure that often serve as entry points into care for vulnerable populations that may not otherwise engage in health or social services. The Providers Rural Health Services Providers(RHSPs) are domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit organizations and corporations, including faith-based and community-based organizations that may be located in rural, suburban, or urban areas, but providing any number of healthcare-related services in rural counties, as designated by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), or rural census tracts in urban counties, but do not meet any existing federal designations set forth by the HRSA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and/or any other federal entity from whom funding originates. The Ask 1.) A federal designation for Rural Health Service Providers, as we have defined them 2.) A legislative change to the definition of “rural” that would expand eligibility calculation for funding opportunities housed within the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) 3.) A $2.5 million federal allocation for a study to determine the barriers and facilitators to accessing funding for RHSPs 4.) A $5 billion federal grant allocation in the next COVID-19 relief package specifically targeted at RHSPs that will allow them to build, repair, expand, modernize, and mobilize their operations

Website

https://www.ruralhealthserviceproviders.org

External link for Rural Health Service Providers Network

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Company size

2-10 employees

Headquarters

Lost River, WV

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

2020