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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced its award decisions for the Rural Health Transformation Program, established as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and provided a summary of each state...more
On Dec. 29, 2025, Virginia was awarded $189,544,888 in health care funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The funding is aimed at remedying rural health care inequities in the commonwealth. ...more
I. Administration Retrospective and Overall Direction - Governor Lee delivered his final State of the State address on February 2, 2026. Over the past seven years, the administration has built a narrative around measurable...more
On December 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will distribute award amounts to all 50 states under the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (the “Program”). CMS...more
On Dec. 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that all 50 states would receive funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program, which is mandated in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act....more
On Tuesday, January 13, the state’s legislative branch reconvened for the second session of the 114th General Assembly. With most legislators returning and several major policy debates unresolved from last year, lawmakers are...more
On December 29, 2025, CMS announced $50 billion in rural health funding will be available under the Rural Health Transformation Program. Last September, states applied for funding through a one-page summary of their proposed...more
The Trump administration announced a new $50 billion rural health transformation program that will send between $147 million and $281 million to each state beginning in 2026....more
The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program is a five-year, $50 billion initiative established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to strengthen healthcare delivery in rural communities....more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has fundamentally changed the policy landscape surrounding Oklahoma’s rural healthcare providers, and the challenges they face will persist in the foreseeable future. Despite these headwinds,...more
In a significant development for radiology services in California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill No. 460 (AB 460) into law, easing long-standing restrictions on the supervision of radiologic technologists...more
Congress established a new Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program earlier this year as part of the passage of budget reconciliation legislation, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Providers and other...more
On Sept. 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The fund was created as part of the recently passed...more
On July 1, 2025, Governor Josh Stein signed into law House Bill 67 (Session Law 2025-37), an Act to Enact Healthcare Workforce Reforms for the State of North Carolina, which makes the most significant updates in years to how...more
On September 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a highly anticipated Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) announcement (the “Announcement”) to implement the Rural Health Transformation...more
Authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Trump Administration via the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just launched a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, offering an opportunity for...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that state applications for the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund are now open and due no later than Nov. 5, 2025....more
North Carolina’s Healthcare Planning Section is hard at work on a new State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP), which can be expected to include a range of 2026 health care development opportunities in counties across North...more
Gov. Shapiro Warns About Medicaid Cuts, Rural Hospital Closures - During a press conference in York on Monday, Governor Josh Shapiro (D) sharply criticized Pennsylvania Republicans for supporting a federal reconciliation...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-031, Springhill Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to add twenty (20) inpatient rehabilitation beds to an existing eighteen (18) bed...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-033, North Alabama Specialty Hospital, LLC, Huntsville, AL: Proposes to add sixteen (16) long term acute care (LTAC) beds to its existing thirty-one (31) bed LTAC hospital in...more
Although Wednesday was Mental Health Day at the State Capitol, legislators and lobbyists appeared much more checked out on Thursday. Both chambers convened, and the House debated and passed HB 841 (putting forth a referendum...more
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more
On September 19, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released guidance establishing the reporting requirements for health care providers that received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. These reporting...more
The Secretary of Health, in consultation with Governor Asa Hutchinson, will allow elective procedures to resume on April 27, 2020, subject to certain requirements. With very few exceptions, all elective procedures were halted...more