Colorado's getting $1 billion to 'transform' rural health care: Hospitals aren't thrilled with the state's plan

‘A lifeline for families’: Rural Health Network programs brace for rising demand

For low‑income residents in Grand County, finding appropriate healthcare can pose a challenge. Grand County Public Health’s 2023 Community Health Assessment and Public Health Improvement Plan identified access to affordable healthcare as a persistent community challenge. The county lacks a federally funded community care clinic and a school‑based health center, two resources that often help reduce costs for working families. Because of the count…

Colorado's getting $1 billion to 'transform' rural health care: Hospitals aren't thrilled with the state's plan

Colorado will receive about $1 billion in federal funding to reshape rural health care over the next five years, but hospital CEOs aren't happy with the state's plan to spend the money.

Some states to focus on rural hospital solvency

Some of the states that recently received a share of $50 billion in federal rural health funding explicitly aim to use some of it to bolster the finances of struggling rural hospitals. The funding comes through the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), which intended to help rural healthcare providers succeed amid the projected cutbacks in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). RHTP rece…