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Project: Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program (FLEX)
Grantee: Alabama Department of Public Health
Address: RSA Tower Suite 710
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: 334-206-5396
Email: hbrown@adph.state.al.us
Website: http://adph.org/ruralhealth

Project Purpose:
The purpose of this project for all hospitals includes improving quality of care, integration of emergency medical services with hospital operations, and evaluation of grant activities. Some of the hospitals will be funded for new or additional networking and studies for obtaining Critical Access Hospital status due to a relaxed Medicare definition of secondary roads.

Project Service Area:

This project serves twenty-eight small rural hospitals in Alabama.  Four of the twenty-eight are Critical Access Hospitals.

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