AHA urges CMS to prioritize hospitals, providers with Rural Health Transformation Program funding

The AHA Aug. 5 provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the distribution of funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program. The program will fund $50 billion to rural providers from fiscal year 2026 to FY 2030. The AHA urged CMS to prioritize direct support for rural hospitals and providers, specifically by lifting a 15% funding cap it imposed on provider payments and a 20% cap imposed on infrastructure and capital improvement funding for years two through fiv...

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