Rural Well being Transformation (RHT) Program

Program Structure

RHT Program funding is $50 billion to be allotted to authorised States over 5 fiscal years, with $10 billion of funding obtainable every fiscal 12 months, starting in fiscal 12 months 2026 and ending in fiscal 12 months 2030.

• 50% to be distributed equally amongst all authorised States
• 50% will likely be allotted by CMS primarily based on a wide range of components together with rural inhabitants, the proportion of rural well being amenities within the State, the scenario of sure hospitals within the State, and different components to be specified by CMS within the NOFO

Uses of Funds

States should use RHT Program funds for 3 or extra of the authorised makes use of of funds:

• Promoting evidence-based, measurable interventions to enhance prevention and persistent illness administration.
• Providing funds to well being care suppliers for the supply of well being care gadgets or companies, as specified by the Administrator.
• Promoting consumer-facing, technology-driven options for the prevention and administration of persistent ailments.
• Providing coaching and technical help for the event and adoption of technology-enabled options that enhance care supply in rural hospitals, together with distant monitoring, robotics, synthetic intelligence, and different superior applied sciences.
• Recruiting and retaining medical workforce expertise to rural areas, with commitments to serve rural communities for at least 5 years.
• Providing technical help, software program, and {hardware} for important data expertise advances designed to enhance effectivity, improve cybersecurity functionality improvement, and enhance affected person well being outcomes.
• Assisting rural communities to proper measurement their well being care supply programs by figuring out wanted preventative, ambulatory, pre-hospital, emergency, acute inpatient care, outpatient care, and post-acute care service strains.
• Supporting entry to opioid use dysfunction remedy companies (as outlined in part 1861(jjj)(1)), different substance use dysfunction remedy companies, and psychological well being companies.
• Developing tasks that assist progressive fashions of care that embody value-based care preparations and different fee fashions, as applicable.
• Additional makes use of designed to advertise sustainable entry to prime quality rural well being care companies, as decided by the Administrator.

Eligibility

In accordance with the authorizing statute, solely the 50 U.S. states are eligible to obtain an RHT Program award; the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories are usually not eligible.

How to Apply for RHT Program Funding

• Application directions to use for RHT Program funding will likely be included within the NOFO and launched on grants.gov by mid-September
• CMS will have interaction with States within the open software interval to reply questions
• Application submissions will shut in early November
• Awards will likely be determined by December 31, 2025

RHT Program Applicants Webinars

September 19, 2025 webinar