Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) Grant

The FLEX Grant Program provides funding to states to assist Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Current grant guidelines allow assistance in the following areas:

• Quality Improvement
• Financial and Operational Improvement
• Population Health Management and Emergency Medical Services Integration
• CAH Designation
• Integration of Innovative Health Care Models

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are acute care hospital facilities that have applied for and received official designation as a CAH from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For additional information on the requirements of CAHs please see the CMS CAH Fact Sheet.

• Mississippi Critical Access Hospital Application
• CMS Information for Critical Access Hospitals CMS