CMS Rural Health Transformation funding announced for all 50 states

Last week, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will award all 50 U.S. states funding under its Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program “to strengthen and modernize health care in rural communities across the country.” The initiative is intended to provide what the government estimates is more than 60 million Americans living in rural areas “equal access to quality care.”

The $50 billion in RHT funds will be allocated to “approved states” over five years, with $10 billion available each year from 2026 through 2030. Get more information about how much funding your state is receiving this year, and how it compares with other states, in our full report, which also includes information about the establishment of CMS' new Office of Rural Health Transformation as well as examples of the types of programs CMS is keen to fund.