Wyoming prepares Nov. 5 application for federal rural health transformation funds, targets hospitals, workforce and insurance

The Wyoming Department of Health told the Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Committee it plans to submit an application by the Nov. 5 federal deadline for the Rural Health Transformation Program created under HR1. The department said that if Wyoming’s application is approved under the program’s formulaic first tranche, the state would receive a floor allocation of $100 million per year — roughly $500 million over five years — and could compete for additional discretionary funds.

Deputy director Franz Fuchs and Medicaid officials briefed the committee on program structure and the state’s public engagement. The department ran a set of in‑person town halls (Wheatland, Newcastle, Powell, Buffalo, Lander/Riverton tribal meeting, Evanston, Saratoga, Laramie) and three virtual sessions, then put an online survey in the field for about eight days; officials said they received…