Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)
The Kansas Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), a federal-supported program to support small rural hospitals activities related to quality improvement and investments towards meaningful use of health information technology.
The Kansas SHIP is managed by the by State Office of Rural Health within the Bureau of Community Health Systems (BCHS). The SHIP is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources and Services Administration.
How does the SHIP work?
Hospitals receive direct grant funds, ranging between $8,000 and $9,000, to use towards:
- Improving data collection activities in order to facilitate reporting to Hospital Compare.
- Maintaining accurate billing and coding systems.
- Building accountability across the continuum of care and improving care transitions between ambulatory and acute, acute to upstream acute and acute to step-down facility.
- Improving quality outcomes. Focus on activities that support QI such as reduction of medical errors as well as education and training in data collection and reporting and benchmarking.
Who is Eligible for SHIP grants?
To be eligible for these grants, a hospital must be: 1) 49 available beds or less, as reported on the hospital's most recently filed Medicare Cost Report, 2) in a rural area, (located outside a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or located in a rural census tract of a MSA as determined under the Goldsmith Modification), and 3) defined as a non-Federal, short-term, general acute care facility.
SHIP Question & Answer Teleconference/Webinars |
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March 14, 2012 – Webinar Power Point (pdf) November 8, 2012 – Webinar Recording January 30, 2013 – Webinar Recording February 14, 2013 – Webinar Recording May 9, 2013 – August 8, 2013 – These quarterly conference call/webinars will held routinely from 1:00pm to 2:00pm |
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Application and Reporting Forms |
Resources and Tools |
2012-2013 Mid-Year & Year-End Reporting Form Mid-Year Report Deadline: March 15, 2013 |
2012-2013 Frequently Asked Questions 2013-2014 Frequently Asked Questions |