Chronic disease prevention.
Greater access to mobile health services.
Rural clinician recruitment.
Improved emergency medical services.
Technological advancements.
These are among the priorities articulated by rural states in their applications for federal Rural Health Transformation Program funds according to a Stateline analysis of the materials submitted by ten states with large rural populations.
All 50 states submitted applications for a piece of the $50 billion pool that was part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to help offset some of the massive Medicaid cuts that were a major part of that legislation.
Applicants for the Rural Transformation Program money recognize that any federal money they receive under this program will be dwarfed by the Medicaid resources their states will be losing in the coming year as a result of that law.
Learn more about how states are proposing to use Rural Health Transformation Program funding to improve access to and quality of care in rural America and offset some of the major Medicaid losses they will soon experience from the Stateline article “States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease” and go here to learn more about the Rural Health Transformation Program.