RHTP Rural Satellite Clinics (Initiative 1)

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) to establish grant agreements with eligible subrecipients under Florida’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). RHTP is a five-year, federally funded initiative administered by the Agency under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Cooperative Agreement No. 1RHTSSCMS332067-01-00 (the “cooperative agreement”). The RHTP was developed pursuant to Florida’s approved RHTP application and the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding authorities under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act. 

 The RHTP is organized around five strategic goals — Make Rural America Healthy Again, Sustainable Access, Workforce Development, Innovative Care, and Tech Innovation — and is implemented through 14 distinct initiatives described in the RFA. 

The Rural & Satellite Clinics Initiative is a core component of Florida's RHTP, designed to expand access to primary and preventive care in Florida's rural communities by funding the startup and initial operation of new or expanded rural clinics and satellite clinic sites. This initiative addresses the persistent shortage of primary care access points in Florida's 31 rural counties and eligible rural areas by providing startup capital, health information technology (HIT) integration, workforce training, limited minor renovations, and regional collaboration support necessary to establish sustainable rural clinic operations.