Colorado Awards Nearly $170 Million To Rural Health Care Provider Organizations

Colorado Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) announced that Colorado will distribute $169,587,181 in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) grants to rural health care provider organizations. The funding comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

HCPF is directing the grants to hospitals and other provider organizations working to sustain rural health care, including maternal care and workforce support. HCPF received 112 eligible applications requesting more than $250 million for 368 projects. Applications went through a multi-step review that considered program strength, geographic reach, provider organization representation . . .