Rural Transformational Telemedicine Program Services

Great Plains Health Alliance seeks a qualified onshore vendor to implement and operate the Rural Kansas Transformational Telemedicine Program. The chosen vendor must provide virtual emergency medicine, hospitalist, and behavioral health/psychiatry services from board-certified providers to participating rural hospitals across 31 Kansas counties. Required scope includes providing offsite clinical services, deploying HIPAA-compliant technology, integrating with electronic medical record systems, training staff, offering quality improvement support, and collecting performance metrics to support federal grant reporting. Eligible applicants must be USA-based organizations with at least five years of experience providing telemedicine services to rural or critical access hospitals. Vendors must possess financial stability, maintain required insurance, and certify compliance with 2 CFR Part 200, HIPAA, and federal audit rules. Applicants must digitally submit proposals via email or online, and submit all questions by October 12, 2026. Evaluators will grade proposals based on clinical capabilities (25%), rural hospital experience (20%), implementation approach (20%), reporting capability (15%), sustainability strategy (10%), and cost (10%). The anticipated contract term runs from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and the buyer is seeking budget proposals from applicants.