<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><h1 class="" style="font-weight:400;font-stretch:normal;font-size:38px;line-height:44px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin:0px;padding:5px 0px 0px;border:0px;background:0px 0px">$4.2 Million in Federal Grants Open to Rural Physicians</h1><div class="" style="margin-left:20px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22.4px"><div class="" style="margin:0px"><div class="" style="display:inline;float:left;width:720px;margin:0px 10px 10px"><div class=""><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">February 15, 2016 03:17 pm <a href="mailto:aafpnews@aafp.org" style="color:rgb(79,117,139);text-decoration:none">News Staff</a> – Calling all family physicians who work in public or nonprofit settings in rural communities across America: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently released a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280808" style="color:rgb(79,117,139);text-decoration:none">funding announcement<span class="" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:0.8em;margin-left:0.5em">(www.grants.gov)</span></a> for the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program that would fund as many as 21 recipients to the tune of up to $200,000 each annually for three years.<br></p></div><div class=""><blockquote class="" style="margin:5px 0px 5px 10px;float:right;clear:right"><div class="" id="c33a88be-ba85-40f3-9c6f-4aba671f8824_image" style="overflow:hidden;text-align:center;height:auto;width:380px"><img src="http://medialib.aafp.org/content/dam/AAFP/images/ann/2016-february/Rural-Health-Funding.jpg.daijpg.380.jpg" class="" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: auto; width: 380px;"></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">Nearly $4.2 million in federal grant money would be divided among successful applicants each year for federal fiscal years 2016-2019.</p><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">The funds would be used to improve the overall health status of patients and reduce ER visits related to chronic disease.</p><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">Successful grant applicants must provide health care services in a rural area and include entities such as</p><ul style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:square"><li style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:2em">family physicians and other primary care professionals,<br></li><li style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:2em">rural health clinics, <br></li><li style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:2em">community health centers and<br></li><li style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin-right:2em">federally qualified health centers.</li></ul><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">All CMS-certified <a href="http://www.flexmonitoring.org/data/critical-access-hospital-locations/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(79,117,139);text-decoration:none">critical-access hospitals<span class="" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:0.8em;margin-left:0.5em">(www.flexmonitoring.org)</span></a> and <a href="http://narhc.org/map-of-rhcs-in-us/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(79,117,139);text-decoration:none">rural health clinics<span class="" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:0.8em;margin-left:0.5em">(narhc.org)</span></a> are eligible to apply if they meet the geographic eligibility requirements.</p><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">The application period closes March 4.</p><p style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(102,102,102);margin:5px 0px 15px">The <a href="http://www.aafp.org/patient-care/nrn/nrn.html" style="color:rgb(79,117,139);text-decoration:none">AAFP National Research Network (NRN)</a> is prepared to assist family physicians with the application process; potential applicants can <a href="mailto:nloskutova@aafp.org" style="color:rgb(79,117,139);text-decoration:none">email questions</a> about the project to AAFP NRN Director of Evaluation Natalia Loskutova, M.D., Ph.D.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Catherine S. Britain, Executive Director</div>
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