West Virginia Allocates $291,000 in Federal Rural Health Funds to Expand Nursing Education Capacity
West Virginia will allocate $291,403 from its federal Rural Health Transformation Program grant to WVU Medicine's Center for Nursing Education to expand capacity by 100 students annually, targeting rural and Health Professional Shortage Area communities. The funding will support tuition assistance, academic services, and wellness resources for students who commit to serving in West Virginia's healthcare workforce. The allocation is part of West Virginia's Mountain State Care Force initiative under the state's $199 million five-year Rural Health Transformation grant from CMS, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. WVU Medicine currently has over 1,000 vacancies across its network.
This workforce investment addresses provider network adequacy challenges that directly affect Medicaid managed care organizations' ability to maintain adequate provider networks in rural counties, particularly for home health and facility-based long-term care services that rely heavily on nursing staff.
LTSS · Managed Care
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