To avoid losing funding, many states are pursuing proven cost-saving models, such as downsizing inpatient care, rather than novel, untested approaches, some experts say.

The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, requires states that apply to describe how they will use technology for improved ...

State rural health transformation programs aim to overcome high startup costs and allow rural providers to deliver complex ...

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced that rural health transformation ...

Explore the 2026 status of rural health transformation funding by state, including award amounts and procurement progress tracked by NRHA.

The Rural Health Transformation Program proposes using $50 billion to help states offset the loss of rural facilities like McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer, Tennessee, which closed in 2016. Credit: ...

On December 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that Oregon will be receiving $197 million under the Rural Health Transformation Program (“RHTP”) for 2026.[1] This ...

A new federal program is set to help struggling rural providers, but will it be enough? The Rural Health Transformation Program, coming out of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is designed to improve ...

The West Virginia Department of Healthcare (DH) announced the launch of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to assist in the creation of a Data Spine platform for the state’s Rural Health Transformation ...

Healthcare across rural America is in crisis. In the past two decades, close to 200 rural hospitals have closed – 44 since ...

A new program touted to give $50 billion in federal funding to rural hospitals won’t necessarily keep rural hospitals from closing, according to several experts in rural health. The funding is part of ...

The state received about 1800 letters of interest from organizations, and those chosen are advancing to the application phase ...