Section 8-10 - Selection Process (a) The Department will develop a committee within the Department to select applicants that best meet the state's need for increased access to integrated care. The committee may include partners from outside the Department.
(b) Selection criteria shall include, but may not be limited to: - (i) Highest priority will be given to applications for clinics in areas of greatest need for primary care access, as determined by the Department;
- (ii) Potential of the project to increase primary care access in the applicable community and surrounding areas;
- (iii) A new primary care clinic in a community where access to care does not exist shall have higher priority than existing clinics changing status or new clinics not in areas of greatest need;
- (iv) Non-profit clinics shall be considered higher priority than for-profit climes;
- (v) The Department shall use information from the application form and other sources in the selection process;
- (vi) The Department shall make awards only to applicants who, in the opinion of the Department, have well documented and executable plans for integrated care;
- (vii) The Department shall make awards only to applicants who, in the opinion of the Department, have a project scope that is well supported by the financial plan included in the application for funding;
- (viii) The Department shall make awards only to applicants who, in the opinion of the Department, have a good operation plan that is supported by a good business model;
- (ix) Service areas without existing eligible Community Health Centers will be given priority over service areas with existing eligible Community Health Centers; and
- (x) Service areas without existing eligible Rural Health Clinics will be given priority over service areas with existing eligible Rural Health Clinics.
048-8 Wyo. Code R. § 8-10