Deadline:

Sep 7, 2006 - Closed

Program Area:

Quality/Equality

Purpose:

Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Project seeks to help communities dramatically improve the quality of the health care they provide for chronic diseases in ambulatory settings. The program will help up to six communities align three key drivers of quality improvement:

• performance measurement and public reporting;
• capacity to help physicians in the community improve the quality of ambulatory, chronic illness care; and
• consumer engagement.

Program Information:

• Call for Proposals

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

• The program will accept only one proposal per community.
• To help ensure that only one organization per community applies, all applicant organizations must register with the program on or before July 14, 2006. The program will only accept proposals from registered applicants.
• Applicants must be an organization that represents multiple community stakeholders, including substantial representation from the following community health care market stakeholders:
  • health care providers, including physicians and safety net providers;
  • health care plans;
  • employers; and
  • consumers.
• The applicant organization must identify a leadership team whose members have decision-making authority from their represented organizations.

Complete selection criteria can be found on page 9 of the CFP.

Total Award:

• Up to six communities will be awarded grants.
• Grants of up to $600,000 over three years will be awarded per community.
• Substantial technical assistance resources are also available during the grant period.