FORHP Special Announcement

March 26, 2019 Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program (RMOMS) The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a new Notice of Funding Opportunity, the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program (RMOMS).  HRSA expects approximately $1.8 million available to fund up to three health networks in this cooperative agreement pilot program.  The program intends to demonstrate the impact on access to and continuity of maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities through testing models that address the following RMOMS Focus Areas: 1) Rural Hospital Obstetric Service Aggregation, 2) Network Approach to Coordinating a Continuum of Care, 3) Leveraging Telehealth and Specialty Care, and 4) Financial Sustainability.  The goals of the program are to: (i) develop a sustainable network approach to coordinate maternal and obstetrics care within a rural region; (ii) increase the delivery and access of preconception, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services; (iii) develop sustainable financing models for the provision of maternal and obstetrics care; and (iv) improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.  The applicant organization must be part of a group of entities that are either an established or a formal network, which may need to be expanded to meet this program's network definition.  A network is defined as an organizational arrangement among three or more separately owned domestic public and/or private entities, including the applicant organization.  For the purposes of this program, the applicant must have a network composition that includes: 1) at least two rural hospitals or Critical Access Hospitals; 2) at least one Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or FQHC look-alike; 3) state Home Visiting and Healthy Start Programs, if regionally available; and 4) the state Medicaid agency.  For questions about this funding opportunity, please contact RMOMS@hrsa.gov  Find more details, and download the application instructions at Grants.gov. Applications will be accepted until May 24, 2019.  The Announcements from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy are distributed weekly. To subscribe, sign up for Rural Health Updates at HRSA.gov.  Connect with HRSA To learn more about our agency, visit www.HRSA.gov  Sign up for HRSA eNews Follow Us:      Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences / Unsubscribe  |  Help  Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: HRSA · 5600 Fishers Lane · Rockville, MD 20857