FQHC Grant Funding Opportunities

Strategic Planning Analysts and
Grach, Plecko, Sinkoff, Jones, Wener, Bellamy, LLC
FQHC Grant Funding Opportunities
Background
One major result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is
that almost 9 million individuals are now covered by
private health insurance and another 11 million are
covered under expanded Medicaid health insurance
coverage. To support this initiative, each Great Lakes
State has either expanded its Medicaid program or is in
discussions with the Federal Government to do so.
About 35% of Medicare patients do not have primary
care physicians (PCPs) and none of the previously
uninsured Medicaid beneficiaries have PCPs. There is
a critical shortage of primary care services for these
patients.
It is neither operationally efficient nor
economical to have emergency rooms provide these
services. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
have a remarkable opportunity to fill this vacuum.
Because of the focus and location of FQHCs the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
recognizes that FQHCs will be a major resource for
providing health care services for current and new
Medicaid beneficiaries. Through a series of Funding
Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) DHHS will finance
the upgrading of the FQHCs in a number of ways.
The Opportunity
Since early-June, 2014 DHHS has issued three (3)
types of FOAs:
• Inflation – Recognition of cost increases to
provide the same services now being covered.
• Expanded Medical Capabilities (EMC) –
Provision for expanded services by offering
new health care programs, expanding
operating hours or serving a larger population.
These grants are being allocated only to
current FQHCs trying to expand their presence
in the community – not New Start-Up FQHCs.
• New Access Points (NAP) – Establishment and
Financing of new facilities that can efficiently
serve new populations.
In early-September, 2014 DHHS will issue an FOA
for Capital Expenditure (CE) Grants. These will be
for renovations and modernization of facilities, new
or enhanced technology or construction of new
facilities but not land acquisition or facility leasing.
Although DHHS now has approximately $750 million to
allocate for these grants, this could change after the
November elections. There are approximately 1,500
FQHCs with 8,500 separate health care sites across
the United States. As, there is insufficient funding for
all FQHCs to be awarded grants, particularly for NAP
and CE Grants, it is expected that there will be stiff
competition for the grant funding. For example, there
are expected to be 150 awards for NAP grants
resulting in only 15% of the existing FQHCs receiving
NAP grants.
Below are the estimated time frames:
Topic
Inflation
Expanded
medical
capabilities
New access
points
Capital
expenditures
Estimated
Grant to be
Awarded
$150,000,000
Between
$300,000,000
and
$350,000,000
Estimated
Proposal
Due Date
8/15/2014
Estimated
Award
Date
10/15/1014
7/1/2014
10/15/2014
$100,000,000
10/7/2014
4/1/2015
$150,000,000
9/15/2014
TBD
Value Proposition
Current economic considerations require that FQHCs
look in all directions for funding. However, today’s
FQHC has to commit its limited resources and
expertise
to
meeting
its
current
operating
responsibilities. As a result, the FQHC does not have
the resources needed to prepare a responsive and
meaningful proposal. The collaboration of Strategic
Planning Analysts (SPA) and Grach, Plecko, Sinkoff,
Jones, Wener, Bellamy, LLC (GPSJWB) is highly
qualified to assist FQHCs in preparing and submitting
responsive Proposals that increase the FQHC’s
chances of being awarded the grant funding.
Credentials
SPA and GPSJWB have unique expertise and
credentials to help FQHCs attain DHHS grant funding:
• Nationally recognized expertise in initiating, funding
and managing FQHCs
• Over 30 years experience in working with FQHCs
and HMOs to provide services to Medicaid and
Medicare Beneficiaries
• Grant writing and implementation of public and
private sector funding for over 25 years
• Initiating Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
health care organizations at FQHCs
• Developing and implementing Health Care
technology and automated systems
• Working with Hospital Based Out-Patient Clinics
• Establishing managed care and hospital based outpatient clinic relationships
For additional information please call Philip Davis, PhD at (773)559-‐0094 or email at [email protected] or James Wener, MBA at (847) 927-‐5377 or email at [email protected]

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