rural health

Applications Highlight Rural Health Targets

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 [...]

joe2025-11-12T11:42:39-05:00November 12, 2025|Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicaid|

States Mull Pursuit of Rural Health Transformation Money

Support to grow their health care workforce, including new or expanded medical education programs to attract doctors and nurses. Doing more to address chronic medical conditions. Better coordination of care and greater use of technology. Making greater use of telehealth. Improving the local transportation infrastructure as a means of improving access to care. These are among the ideas that health care officials from almost every state discussed recently at a networking workshop held last week by the Health Policy Futures Lab to discuss how states might approach crafting proposals seeking a portion of the first half of the $50 billion [...]

joe2025-10-07T15:50:11-04:00October 8, 2025|Medicaid, Telehealth|

CMS Unveils Rural Health Strategy

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had introduced what it calls its “first rural health strategy.” According to the agency, the purpose of the strategy is …to provide a proactive approach on healthcare issues to ensure that the nearly one in five individuals who live in rural America have access to high quality, affordable healthcare. “For the first time, CMS is organizing and focusing our efforts to apply a rural lens to the vision and work of the agency,” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma. “The Rural Health Strategy supports CMS’ goal of putting patients first. Through its implementation and [...]

iqtsupport2018-05-10T06:00:28-04:00May 10, 2018|Uncategorized|