West Virginia Finalizing $39 Million in Rural Health Transformation Awards, Faces Federal Deadline
West Virginia's Department of Health is finalizing agreements to award approximately $39 million in federal Rural Health Transformation funding and is on track to obligate the full $199 million first-year allocation by an October 30 federal deadline, Health Secretary Arvin Singh told state legislators Monday. The state reduced consulting fees to KGMP from an estimated $12 million to approximately $8 million and expects to spend about $10 million in administrative costs instead of the budgeted $18.8 million. The state plans to reinvest the $8 million in administrative savings into programmatic spending. Recipient names will not be released until grant agreements are executed, and the state anticipates year 2 funding announcements on October 31.