NARHC Forum

Contributor: Sarah Hohman

As NARHC has shared previously with the RHC community, the Inflation Reduction Act contained a significant amount of grant, tax credit, and loan opportunities for health care providers. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is committed to helping RHCs utilize these opportunities. Over the next several months, they will host both general information sessions and rural provider specific sessions to ensure that each facility knows the available opportunities and has the support to take advantage of them! 

To find out more about all the ways the IRA can serve RHCs, to ask questions, and to share your experiences with these programs, consider joining one of the focused information sessions listed below. You can register for all or some of these sessions at the link provided here.
• Session 1 (February 1, 2024, 2-3pm eastern)
• Session 2 (February 15, 2024, 2-3pm eastern)
• Session 3 (February 29, 2024, 2-3pm eastern)
• Session 4 (March 14, 2024, 2-3pm eastern)
• Session 5 (March 28, 2024, 2-3pm eastern)
• Session 6 (April 11, 2024, 2-3pm eastern)

If you are interested in IRA opportunities or have any general questions, the HHS recommends you sign up for all or some of the following national webinars. You can find the link to register here. 
• Session 1 (January 25, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): Introduction
• Session 2 (February 8, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): Self-Assessment
• Session 3 (February 22, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): IRA Tax Credits Overview
• Session 4 (March 7, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): IRA Tax Credits Specifics
• Session 5 (March 21, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): Other IRA Opportunities
• Session 6 (April 4, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): Financing Strategies
• Session 7 (April 18, 2024, noon-1pm eastern): Open Questions, Wrap-Up and Next Steps

Contributor: Sarah Hohman, National Association of Rural Health Clinics

From the OCCHE Team:

The OCCHE Catalytic Program on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is underway with great momentum! So far we’ve had two national sessions - along with breakouts for essential hospitals, health centers and rural facilities - and there is much more on the way in the coming weeks to help you take advantage of the IRA’s exciting opportunities for investments in clean energy, building efficiency and resilience. In particular, we would like to suggest you join:

• Breakout sessions this week on February 15^th for rural facilities that will offer more insight on how provider organizations can best do self-assessment, identifying the gaps and challenges the IRA might allow them to address.


• Next week’s national session on February 22^nd that will provide an overview of the IRA’s historic tax credits, which allow a broad variety of organizations – including nonprofit healthcare entities – to make investments in clean energy, clean vehicles and more through the Elective Pay provision.

We expect these sessions to be well-attended and encourage you to sign up now here ! All prior sessions are recorded so you can also view those in advance if you were unable to join when they occurred.