Tennessee (TN)

What the state has obligated, by initiative

• ›Initiative 1: Health Resiliency Program (HRP): Service Line Expansion & Co- Location - Activating Sustainable Service Lines in Rural Hospital and Healthcare Facilities$4,525

  Appropriate Care Availability · $4,523

  • Expansion, enhancement, or establishment of healthcare service lines in rural communities$4,523

  Program Administration Expense · $2

  • Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of Rural Health Transformation (RHT) initiatives and other admin costs$2
• ›Initiative 2: Last Mile Teams - Unifying multiple high-impact ehorts to expand Tennessee’s rural emergency care infrastructure and bring integrated health services directly to residents in hard-to-reach areas$56,377

  Fostering Collaboration · $17,869

  • Healthcare coalitions, expand system integration, and improve statewide emergency preparedness$17,869

  Program Administration Expense · $38,508

  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$38,508
• ›Initiative 3: Optimizing Rural Health Care - Direct Access to public health, primary care, and dental services for the uninsured$865,693

  Appropriate Care Availability · $165,693

  • Increasing access to primary care and dental services$165,693

  Capital Expenditures and Infrastructure · $700,000

  • Minor renovations to the Lincoln County health department to expand access to dental services$700,000
• ›Initiative 4: Memory Care Assessment Network - Expanded rural access to ADRD Care through a hub-and-spoke model$8,663

  Program Administration Expense · $142

  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$142

  Workforce · $8,521

  • Hiring, training, and staffing Memory Assessment Clinic Network (MCAN) coordinators$8,521
• ›Initiative 5: Rural Capacity Building - Targeting Ehiciency to Improve Access to Leadership Skills and Specialty Services$2,460,000

  Appropriate Care Availability · $2,460,000

  • TennCare to strengthen Community Health Worker (CHW) infrastructure by supporting organizations in building sustainable systems, implementing evidence-based best practices, and progressing toward Tennessee CHW Association (TNCHWA) CHW Program Accreditation$2,460,000
• ›Initiative 7: HRP: Maternal and Child Health - Building a safer start for every mother and child in rural Tennessee$3,876,184

  Appropriate Care Availability · $3,273,217

  • Investments into perinatal centers through training, supplies for emergency medical services (EMS), care delivery$3,273,217

  Consumer Tech Solutions · $13,440

  • Developing, launching, and sustaining the Pregnancy and Postpartum Mobile Application$13,440

  Prevention and Chronic Disease · $225,319

  • Advancing the Rural Fetal and Infant Health Initiative by integrating congenital syphilis prevention activities with community-based maternal and infant health strategies$225,319

  Program Administration Expense · $364,207

  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$516
• ›Initiative 8: Value-Based Payment: Maternal, Hospitals, Dental - Catalyzing Rural Health Value Based Payment Models$20,680,000

  Innovative Care · $20,350,000

  • Design and implement three (3) value-based payment (VBP) programs$20,350,000

  Program Administration Expense · $330,000

  • TennCare staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives$330,000
• ›Initiative 10: Rural Health Improvement Grants - Competitive grants for locally led-upstream prevention, nutrition, and active living$16,838

  Prevention and Chronic Disease · $15,270

  • Implementing and evaluating Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) strategies from the End Zone Playbook$15,270

  Program Administration Expense · $1,569

  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$1,569
• ›Initiative 13: Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) - Developing a statewide Health Information Exchange$2,169,637

  IT Advances · $2,169,637

  • Carahsoft will support TDH in defining and establishing a statewide HIE$2,169,637
• ›Initiative 14: TN Community Compass (TNCC) - Expansion of Tennessee’s successful Closed Loop Referral System (CLRS)$7,402

  Fostering Collaboration · $7,390

  • TDH FindHelp Coordinators support the implementation and expansion of the Tennessee Community Compass (TNCC) closed-loop referral system$7,390

  Program Administration Expense · $12

  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$12
• ›Initiative 16: Statewide eConsult Platform - Establish Statewide eConsult Platform to Improve Specialty Access for Safety Net$208,326

  IT Advances · $208,326

  • Expanding the Healthcare Resource Tracking System (HRTS) to rural hospitals, EMS agencies, long-term care facilities, and other Emergency Support Function (ESF)-8 partners to improve statewide healthcare coordination and patient movement$208,326
• ›Initiative 17: Comprehensive Health Workforce Pipeline - Building a Comprehensive Rural Health Workforce Pipeline$72,681

  Fostering Collaboration · $92

  • Implementing education pathways to students and young professionals$92

  Program Administration Expense · $75

  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$75

  Workforce · $72,514

  • Recruitment, education, leadership development, and workforce retention in rural and underserved communities through paid internships, academic and workforce partnerships, professional development and leadership academies$72,514
• ›Program Operations$833,225

  Program Administration Expense · $750,000

  • Compliance and reporting services for TDH$750,000
  • TDH staff time allocated to the design, implementation, and operations of RHT initiatives and other admin costs$83,225

No information provided for Initiatives 6, 9, 11, 12, 15.