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VIA briefs Alexander County commissioners on Medicaid enrollment, rural health grant and local programs
Summary
Zach Shepherd of VIA updated commissioners on Medicaid enrollment in Alexander County, the federal rural health transformation funding opportunity, and local behavioral-health projects and grants. He warned of potential state-level Medicaid funding reductions affecting VIA.
Zach Shepherd, VIA Community Relations regional director, told the Alexander County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 6 that VIA currently serves 1,022 residents on its Medicaid direct plan and 902 on the tailored plan, for a county total of 1,924 enrollees.
Shepherd summarized a federal rural health transformation grant program that he said would provide $50 billion over five years nationwide; he described the first half as split evenly among…
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