Mills Administration to Apply for New Federal Rural Health Funding

Mills administration to apply for new federal rural health funding

The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund is designed to partially offset upcoming cuts to Medicaid that were passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Congressman Begich Applauds Historic Investment in Rural Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) applauded the announcement of the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund, the single largest investment in rural health care in American history. This initiative will improve health care delivery across rural America and provide new opportunities for access to care in Alaska.  “Alaska’s rural communities face some of the […] The post Congressman Begich Applauds Historic Investment in Ru…

Alabama, other states can apply for $500M for rural health

WASHINGTON — Alabama, along with other states, can now apply to receive a chunk of the $50 billion allocated to address rural health needs included in the July GOP-led budget law.

Rural Texas EMS leaders discuss ideas to address challenges in rural healthcare access

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- A new $50 billion federal program is giving states the chance to share and develop new strategies to transform rural healthcare across the country. Emergency medical service providers in rural Texas counties have some ideas to help address unique challenges they face everyday. The new program, called the Rural Health Transformation program, was created by the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill that Congress passed this s…

Health policy roundup: CMS opens applications for $50B rural health fund – RamaOnHealthcare

CMS has opened applications for a new $50 billion rural health fund, which aims to mitigate the impact of upcoming Medicaid cuts for rural healthcare organizations, in today's roundup of the news in healthcare politics. CDC to fund new study on autism and vaccinesCDC is planning to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) [...]

The $50B rural health transformation program: Questions and answers

The Health Department has announced the application for the program, and states won’t have much time to apply.