OpportunityTitle: Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Training Primary Care Champions
CategoryExplanation: https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=cab47e4b-2c58-414e-a088-cd8f88ea2048
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants must be accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, academically affiliated physician assistant training programs, accredited public or nonprofit private hospitals, or a public or nonprofit private entity that the Secretary has determined is capable of carrying out such grants. &#160;Faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible.
Description: The purpose of this program is to strengthen primary care and the workforce by establishing fellowship programs to train community-based practicing primary care physician and/or physician assistant champions to lead health care transformation and enhance teaching in community-based settings. Characteristics of transformed health care delivery systems identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) include: &#8226; Providers across the care continuum participate in integrated or virtually integrated delivery models, &#8226; Care is coordinated across all providers and settings, &#8226; High level of patient engagement and quantifiable results on patient experience, &#8226; Providers leverage the use of health information technology to improve quality, &#8226; Providers perform at the top of their license and board certification, &#8226; Population health measures are integrated into the delivery system, and &#8226; Data are used to drive health system processes.[1] HRSA also recognizes addressing social determinants of health as a characteristic of transformed health care delivery systems. [1] CMS State Innovation Models Cooperative Agreement Announcement (May 2014). Available at: http://innovation.cms.gov/Files/x/StateInnovationRdTwoFOA.pdf
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact Anthony Anyanwu at (301)443-8437 or email AAnyanwu@hrsa.gov
GrantorContactText: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration&lt;br/&gt;AAnyanwu@hrsa.gov&lt;br/&gt;