Ninety-seven Illinois hospitals are eligible to apply for nearly $28.2 million in federal rural health transformation funds that’ll be allocated through the state, according to a recent notice published by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. [Health News Illinois]

The agency said the funds will be allocated equally among eligible hospitals. If all eligible hospitals apply, each will receive approximately $290,000.

Eligible facilities include all 55 designated critical access hospitals are eligible to apply, as well as all 74 hospitals in a Health Resources and Services Administration-classified rural ZIP Code.

Twenty-three non-rural ZIP Code hospitals are also eligible to apply.

Along with their location and designation, the agency said in the notice that eligible hospitals included those with a three-year rural discharge percentage of at least 15 percent.

See the full list of eligible hospitals here>

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