US EditionAANP President Attends White House Event Highlighting Rural Health Care Access
The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program incentivizes states to grant nurse practitioners full practice authority to improve rural healthcare access, officials said.
- Yesterday, the White House highlighted the Rural Health Transformation Program at a Washington event with remarks from President Donald Trump.
- The program aims to support state-led efforts to improve access, strengthen the health care workforce, and address longstanding rural disparities, officials said.
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners President Dr. Valerie Fuller attended the event, representing 461,000 licensed NPs, saying, `Growing up in a rural community, I know firsthand how difficult it can be for families to access health care.`
- RHTP rewards states that adopt full practice authority for NPs, tying federal funding to state policy choices affecting rural clinicians.
- NPs are essential clinicians in rural areas, delivering comprehensive care, and the White House framed RHTP as strengthening the workforce and supporting rural providers centrally.
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AANP President Attends White House Event Highlighting Rural Health Care Access
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) President Dr. Valerie Fuller attended a White House event today focused on the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) and the importance of ensuring rural communities have access to…
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