Rural Hospital Improvement Program

The Rural Hospital Improvement Program supports and sustains small rural hospitals through both operational and financial improvement through federal grants from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). It includes the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) Program that works specifically with the Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that have 25 beds or less. It also includes the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) that works with hospitals that have 49 beds or less.