Small Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)
INTRODUCTION
The Florida Office of Rural Health,
within the Florida Department of Health, receives federal funding under
the Small Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP). The purpose of
this funding is to help small rural hospitals do any or all of the
following: 1) pay for costs related to implementation of prospective
payment systems (PPS), 2) comply with provisions of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, and 3) reduce medical
errors and support quality improvement.
This program is authorized by Section
1820(g)(3) of the Social Security Act.
ELIGIBILITY
All small rural hospitals located in the U.S. and the
Territories, including faith-based hospitals are eligible for funding.
For the purpose of this program, 1) "small" is defined as 49 available
beds or less, as reported on the hospital's most recently filed Medicare
Cost Reports, 2) "rural" is defined as located outside a Metropolitan
Statistical Area (MSA); or located in a rural census tract of a MSA as
determined under the Goldsmith Modification or the Rural Urban Commuting
Areas (RUCAs), and 3) "hospital" is defined as a non-Federal short-term,
general acute care facility. Hospitals may be for-profit or
not-for-profit. Tribally operated hospitals under Titles I and V or
P.L. 93-638 are eligible to the extent that such hospitals meet the above
criteria.
The requested grant funds must be used for the
following:
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Pay for costs related to implementation of prospective
payment systems (PPS),
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Comply with provisions of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, or
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Reduce medical errors and support quality improvement.
There is no requirement for matching funds under this
program.
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