Rural Health Transformation Program Offers States $1B Each to Build Sustainable Infrastructure Through Medicaid-Funded Telehealth and Workforce Investments

Manatt Health outlines strategic approaches for states to deploy Rural Health Transformation Program funding—a five-year, $50 billion federal investment distributing roughly $1 billion per state—with emphasis on creating infrastructure that outlasts the program itself. The piece advocates for hub-and-spoke telehealth networks, workforce pipeline investments, and value-based payment models as mechanisms to address rural access gaps while generating sustainable Medicaid reimbursement. For Medicaid MCOs and state directors, this represents both a capital infusion into struggling rural networks and an opportunity to restructure how Medicaid beneficiaries access specialty and hospital care in underserved areas.

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