NOTE: The Office of the Governor shared the following press release:
ANNAPOLIS, Md. —The Maryland Department of Health this week received $168 million in federal funding for the first year of the five-year Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen and modernize health care in rural areas across the state. The funding, which is renewable over five years, will serve to enhance the Moore-Miller Administration’s ongoing effort to bolster health care access and affordability in Maryland’s rural communities.
“Our focus on transformational investments aligns directly with our administration’s goals to strengthen our health care system and improve the health of all Marylanders—no matter where they live in the state,” said Gov. Moore. “Our record on investment in the health and well being of rural Maryland is a testament to our promise to leave no one behind.”…