Rural Health Transformation Program Funding

Open Grants & Contracts

Health Information Technology Advisory Services

Applications are open for the Health Information Technology Advisory Services Request for Proposals (RFP). MDH seeks one or more vendors to provide professional technical advisory services related to a variety of health information technology purchases funded through its Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). 

The vendor will play a critical role in advising MDH on appropriate health information technology (HIT) purchases on the part of RHTP subgrantees and how to create an effective monitoring program for oversight of these purchases. Subgrantees will include rural hospitals, rural clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers/community mental health centers, rural Tribal nations, and potentially other local organizations that participate in patient care and/or support patients’ health-related social needs.

Contract application forms and guidelines:

• Health Information Technology Advisory Services RFP (PDF)
• Deadline: Responses are due no later than 4:30 pm, Feb. 24 
• How to submit:
  • Companies interested in responding to the RFP must do so through the State of Minnesota’s SWIFT Supplier Portal as directed in the RFP. 
  • The SWIFT Event number is 2000017902.

For more information, please contact:
rural.transformation.mdh@state.mn.us

The Rural Health Transformation Program Activities are supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $193,090,618.14 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.