Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday announced Alabama has officially received its award number from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), formally approving Alabama’s plan and unlocking $203,404,327 in first-year funding.
The five-year program, seeking to help improve healthcare access, quality and outcomes in the state, will be administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA).
“We are very pleased Alabama will be awarded more than $203 million in the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program. After President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law in July, Alabama got to work preparing for this program so we could hit the ground running once our state’s new comprehensive rural health strategy was approved,” said Ivey. “Now that it has been approved, we will take the next steps to ensure our citizens and communities benefit for generations. Making America Healthy Again begins in rural America, and I look forward to being able to improve health care across Alabama.”…