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Federal Rural Health Transformation grant gives Connecticut $154 million for first year, presenter says
Summary
Carrie Amero said Connecticut received $154,000,000 from the federal Rural Health Transformation Project for its first year and that RHTP is a nationally funded CMS initiative aimed at rural health investments.
Carrie Amero told webinar attendees that the Rural Health Transformation Project (RHTP) is funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and described the program's national and state-level funding.
"So the RHTP is a $50,000,000,000 initiative nationally," Amero said, and she added that "Connecticut was awarded 154,000,000 for this 1st year." She presented RHTP as a multi-year effort that will fund projects across all 50 states and said Connecticut's award will support several initiatives including PACE.
Amero noted that subsequent years' funding levels are uncertain but that the federal award allows the state to invest in care transformation, workforce and data projects aimed at older adults and people with disabilities. She said the Department of Social Services will incorporate federal requirements when designing the state's PACE deployment.
