RFP Issued: February 28, 2025
Applications due: Friday, March 21, 2025 by 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
All completed proposals and/or questions: Please contact Susan Svencer (SSvencer_ic@chronicdisease.org) and Laura Warner (LWarner_ic@chronicdisease.org), NACDD Public Health Consultants, using “Advancing CR RFP” as the subject.
Period of Performance: April 14 – July 31, 2025
Funding: Up to twelve hospitals and healthcare systems for up to $15,000 each
About the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors: The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors improves the health of the public by strengthening state-based leadership and expertise for chronic disease prevention and control in states and at the national level. Founded in 1988, NACDD aims to lead and influence the ways that chronic disease prevention and health promotion shapes the health landscape.
Brief Project Overview: The resources provided through this opportunity are intended to support the use of policies, systems, and services that enhance, optimize, or expand cardiac rehabilitation (CR) referral, participation, and/or completion. Successful applicants will demonstrate the ability to replicate or expand collaborative initiatives, advance use of new delivery models that fulfill the core components of CR, or otherwise employ creative solutions to increase referrals, participation and/or completion of CR.
Applicants are encouraged to review the change concepts and change ideas from the Million Hearts®/American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package, 2nd Edition and AHRQ’s TAKEheart initiative for examples of strategies to be implemented, scaled, or spread via this project.
Eligible Applicants: Applicant organizations should be hospitals, healthcare systems, or organizations engaged in training or certifying cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs and/or professionals.
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