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Wyoming Department of Health updates lawmakers on $205 million rural health award and CMS talks
Summary
Health department leaders told the Joint Appropriations Committee that Wyoming has applied for and been awarded $205 million for year one of a five-year rural health transformation program and is negotiating with CMS over allowable uses, provider-payment caps and financing mechanisms.
Wyoming's Department of Health told the Joint Appropriations Committee it is negotiating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about the state's implementation plan for a major federal award intended to stabilize rural hospitals and EMS.
Stefan Johansen, director of the Wyoming Department of Health, said Wyoming submitted its application Nov. 4 and was awarded $205 million for the first year of a five-year Rural Health Transformation Program. The department has since engaged with CMS over technical questions and, "very recently... essentially its final, compromise offer," he said. "CMS acknowledged receipt of that, asked some follow-up…
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