{"id":25352,"date":"2025-12-29T15:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25352"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:15:47","slug":"funding-allocated-to-strengthen-and-modernize-rural-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25352","title":{"rendered":"Funding Allocated to Strengthen and Modernize\u00a0Rural Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A press release today from The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) outlined the scope and objectives set forth via the Trump Administration&#8217;s Rural Health Transformation Program component of the Working Families Tax Cuts legislation (Public Law 119-21). The press release outlines the five pillars of the legislation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p><em><strong>Bring More Care Within Reach<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S<em><strong>trengthen and Sustain the Rural Clinical Workforce<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Modernize Rural Health Infrastructure and Technology<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Driving Structural Efficiency &amp; Empowering the Community Providers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Advance Innovative Care Models and Payment Reform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">and addresses how the $50 billion in additional funding will help &#8220;&#8230; put local hospitals, clinics, and health workers in control of their communities\u2019 healthcare.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The press release includes this quote: &#8220;Today marks an extraordinary milestone for rural health in America,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/strong>. \u201cThanks to Congress establishing this investment and President Trump for his leadership, states are stepping forward with bold, creative plans to expand rural access, strengthen their workforces, modernize care, and support the communities that keep our nation running. CMS is proud to partner with every state to turn their ideas into lasting improvements for rural families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read the full press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/cms-announces-50-billion-awards-strengthen-rural-health-all-50-states\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/cms-announces-50-billion-awards-strengthen-rural-health-all-50-states\">here<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States A press release today from The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,587],"tags":[80,1991,1990],"class_list":["post-25352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-rural-health","tag-cms","tag-rural-health-transformation-program","tag-working-families-tax-cuts-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25354,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25352\/revisions\/25354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}