Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 3 - Bureau of Acute Care Systems › Subpart 5 - Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Program › Chapter 1 - Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General › Rule 15-3-5-1.1.2 - Funding Formula for Eligible Beneficiaries

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
					 Eligible Beneficiaries may be eligible for funds up to a certain amount under
					 this Program, following submission and evaluation of a formal application for
					 funding, based upon the following initial funding criteria.
A. Each licensed hospital that has fewer than
					 one hundred (100) licensed beds and that is not classified as a critical access
					 hospital that operates an emergency department is eligible to receive up to Six
					 Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($625,000) to defray the costs of
					 providing emergency department services, if such hospital submits an
					 application for funding with proof of negative economic impact as required by
					 the Program Rules and Regulations. A hospital is not eligible to receive
					 funding unless it has submitted a formal application with all required
					 information and supporting documentation, and that application has been
					 reviewed and deemed eligible under Program guidelines.
B. Each rural hospital that has fewer than
					 one hundred (100) licensed beds and that is classified as a critical access
					 hospital that operates an emergency department is eligible to receive up to
					 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to defray the costs of providing
					 emergency department services, if such hospital submits an application for
					 funding with proof of negative economic impact as required by the Program Rules
					 and Regulations. A hospital is not eligible to receive funding unless it has
					 submitted a formal application with all required information and supporting
					 documentation, and that application has been reviewed and deemed eligible under
					 Program guidelines.
C. Each
					 hospital that operates an emergency department and that has more than one
					 hundred (100) licensed beds is eligible to receive up to One Million Dollars
					 ($1,000,000), if such hospital submits an application for funding with proof of
					 negative economic impact as required by the Program Rules and Regulations. A
					 hospital is not eligible to receive funding unless it has submitted a formal
					 application with all required information and supporting documentation, and
					 that application has been reviewed and deemed eligible under Program
					 guidelines.
D. Each hospital with
					 fewer than two hundred (200) licensed beds with the majority of such beds being
					 dedicated to providing specialty services such as women's health services,
					 long-term acute care, rehabilitation, or psychiatric services is eligible to
					 receive up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), if such hospital
					 submits an application for funding with proof of negative economic impact as
					 required by the Program Rules and Regulations. A hospital is not eligible to
					 receive funding unless it has submitted a formal application with all required
					 information and supporting documentation, and that application has been
					 reviewed and deemed eligible under Program guidelines.
E. Each rural hospital with fewer than one
					 hundred (100) licensed beds with no emergency department is eligible to receive
					 up to Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) to defray the costs of
					 providing access to hospital care in rural communities, if such hospital
					 submits an application for funding with proof of negative economic impact as
					 required by the Program Rules and Regulations. A hospital is not eligible to
					 receive funding unless it has submitted a formal application with all required
					 information and supporting documentation, and that application has been
					 reviewed and deemed eligible under Program guidelines.