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Electronic Health Records (EHR) Replacement for Small Rural Providers Program (EHR Program)

Official title: ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) REPLACEMENT FOR SMALL RURAL PROVIDERS PROGRAM (EHR PROGRAM)

Mississippi State Department of Health

At a glance

What this opportunity covers

Provide financial assistance to rural health and mental health providers seeking to adopt electronic health record (EHR) systems or replace outdated or non-interoperable electronic health record systems.

Funding & applicants

Estimated awardNot stated

Vendor applicantsNot specified

EligibilityEligible applicants are limited to small providers serving rural populations in Mississippi. These eligible applicants are listed on page 1 of this NOFO. For purposes of this program, a small provider means an independent rural healthcare practice or facility that is not owned or controlled by a large health system and meets at least one (1) of the following criteria: • Licensed for 60 or fewer in-patient beds • Has 50 or fewer licensed, full-time healthcare professionals • Demonstrates limited existing health IT capacity, including use of outdated or minimally interoperable EHR technology The

Key dates

PostedOct 21, 2026

Letter of intent—

Questions due—

Application dueNov 23, 2026

Last updatedOct 14, 2026

Last verifiedOct 14, 2026

From the RFA

Quoted from the solicitation document (open the document). Always confirm with the official source before applying.

Dates in the RFA

Application Deadline10/21/2026
Anticipated Award Announcement11/23/2026
Performance PeriodFebruary 2027
Performance Period (ends)July 31, 2027
Submission DeadlineNovember 23, 2026

Who can apply

Eligible applicants are limited to small providers serving rural populations in Mississippi. These eligible applicants are listed on page 1 of this NOFO. For purposes of this program, a small provider means an independent rural healthcare practice or facility that is not owned or controlled by a large health system and meets at least one (1) of the following criteria: • Licensed for 60 or fewer in-patient beds • Has 50 or fewer licensed, full-time healthcare professionals • Demonstrates limited existing health IT capacity, including use of outdated or minimally interoperable EHR technology The MSDH may request documentation to verify eligibility, including ownership information, staffing…

Funding

How to apply

• Applications must be submitted through the online portal. Required attachments must be uploaded as PDF files and Microsoft Excel budget template. Please ensure that all required documentation is included at the time of submission. • Submission Deadline: 5PM CT on November 23, 2026. 8 Application Review • Each application received by the deadline will be reviewed for completeness and responsiveness. Incomplete or unresponsive submissions will not be moved to the merit review phase. • For the merit review phase, a review panel will employ grant-specific criteria and scoring, considering program objectives and readiness factors, as explained below under Application Criteria. As noted above,…

Performance period

Program Year Amount Available Application Opens Application Deadline Anticipated Award Announcements Performance Period Program Year 1 $9.5 million 10/21/2026 11/23/2026 February 2027 Execution Date through July 31, 2027 All awards are subject to the State’s receipt of funds under the RHT Program. The performance period for Program Year 1 runs from the award through July 31, 2027, meaning all Program Year 1 funds must be spent or incurred by then.

Program geography

Mississippi RHTP profile

Official documents

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