Hospital seeks RHTP funds; council warned of contractual timing and service implications
Star Valley Health applied for Rural Health Transformation Program funds to recoup about $2.2 million; funding requires regionalized EMS and includes categories for system acquisition, ambulance purchases and operating support. The town's EMS contract expires Nov. 21, and the hospital said it plans to continue operating three stations.
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Town Administrator Trevor Aitken reported that Star Valley Health (North Lincoln County Hospital District) applied for Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding to recoup roughly $2.2 million and must demonstrate regionalization of EMS to qualify. Aitken said the hospital would ask each town for a non‑monetary, one‑year agreement supporting regionalization but that no contract had yet been provided and there was no firm timeline for funds.
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