West Virginia Awards $2.4M in Federal Rural Health Funds for Employer-Based Care Expansion
West Virginia will allocate $2.4 million from its $199 million federal Rural Health Transformation Program to three organizations — Spotted Owl Health Care ($1.17M), Charleston Area Medical Center ($612K), and Cabell Huntington Foundation ($612K) — to expand worksite clinics and employer-based health services. The funding, part of Gov. Morrisey's Health to Prosperity initiative, aims to improve access to preventive and chronic disease care for rural workers. The state must obligate the full $199 million by October 30, 2026, to meet federal requirements. Additional grant announcements are forthcoming.
This represents West Virginia's first deployment of major federal rural health infrastructure funding, with worksite care delivery models potentially reducing Medicaid emergency and specialty utilization if employers serve uninsured or underinsured populations that would otherwise seek safety-net care.
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