The Kansas Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) is a federally-supported program to support small rural hospitals activities related to quality improvement and investments towards meaningful use of health information technology.
The Kansas SHIP is managed by the by State Office of Rural Health within the Bureau of Community Health Systems at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. KDHE has contracted with Healthworks to administer this program. The SHIP is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources and Services Administration.
FY25-26 Application Documents
SHIP FY25 Application (Excel)
SHIP FY25 Application (PDF)
SHIP FY25 Application Sample
FY24-25 Grant Year Documents
Expense Forms
- FY24 SHIP Year-End Report (Excel Version)
- FY24 SHIP Year-End Report (PDF Version)
- FY24 SHIP Year-End Report EXAMPLE
Purchasing Guidelines
- SHIP_Purchasing_Menu_FY_24.pdf
- FAQ FY24 Allowable Uses - Kansas Version
- SHIP Allowable Investments FY24 - Federal Office of Rural Health
Reporting Deadlines
MBQIP Reporting Requirements
For more information about the new measures can be found on the krhop.net/quality tab.
How does the SHIP work?
Hospitals receive direct grant funds, ranging between $10,000 and $12,000, to use towards:
- Improving data collection activities in order to facilitate reporting to Hospital Compare.
- Maintaining accurate billing and coding systems.
- Building accountability across the continuum of care and improving care transitions between ambulatory and acute, acute to upstream acute and acute to step-down facility.
- Improving quality outcomes. Focus on activities that support QI such as reduction of medical errors as well as education and training in data collection and reporting and bench marking.
Who is Eligible for SHIP grants?
To be eligible for these grants, a hospital must be: 1) 49 available beds or less, as reported on the hospital’s most recently filed Medicare Cost Report; 2) in a rural area, (located outside a Metropolitan Statistical Area or located in a rural census tract of a MSA as determined under the Goldsmith Modification); and 3) defined as a non-federal, short-term, general acute care facility.
Hospitals with SHIP grant-specific questions, please contact Healthworks at
Quarterly Webinars
Click on the links below to listen to the recordings and view the slides of previous SHIP Quarterly Webinars. To register for the next SHIP Quarterly Webinar on December 12, 2024, go to https://registration.kha-net.org/.
June 11, 2025 Slides
March 11, 2025 Recording and Slides
December 12, 2024 Recording and Slides
September 12, 2024 Recording and Slides