Closed · CMS-RHT-26-001 · CFDA 93.798 · Discretionary
Rural Health Transformation Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- November 5, 2025
- Close date
- 50
- Expected awards
The verdict
Rural Health Transformation Program is a closed discretionary listing from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that offered Varies by applicant across 50 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 50
- expected awards
- 93.798
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Rural Health Transformation Program - is cataloged under number CMS-RHT-26-001 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.798, posted by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on September 15, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. The agency has projected $50.0 billion in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 50 awards. If the agency funds the expected 50 awards from the $50.0 billion estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $1.0 billion. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on November 5, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Varies by applicant
Close Date
November 5, 2025
Posted
September 15, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$50,000,000,000
Expected Awards
50
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program helps State governments to support rural communities across America in improving healthcare access, quality, and outcomes by transforming the healthcare delivery ecosystem. The RHT Program focuses on promoting innovation, strategic partnerships, infrastructure development, and workforce investment. States will help rural communities meet these strategic goals: · Make rural America healthy again: Support rural health innovations and new access points to promote preventative health and address root causes of diseases. Projects will use evidence-based, outcomes-driven interventions to improve disease prevention, chronic disease management, behavioral health, and prenatal care. · Sustainable access: Help rural providers become long-term access points for care by improving efficiency and sustainability. With RHT Program support, rural facilities work together—or with high-quality regional systems—to share or coordinate operations, technology, primary and specialty care, and emergency services. · Workforce development: Attract and retain a high-skilled health care workforce by strengthening recruitment and retention of healthcare providers in rural communities. Help rural providers practice at the top of their license and develop a broader set of providers to serve a rural community’s needs, such as community health workers, pharmacists, and individuals trained to help patients navigate the healthcare system. · Innovative care: Spark the growth of innovative care models to improve health outcomes, coordinate care, and promote flexible care arrangements. Develop and implement payment mechanisms incentivizing providers or Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to reduce health care costs, improve quality of care, and shift care to lower cost settings. · Tech innovation: Foster use of innovative technologies that promote efficient care delivery, data security, and access to digital health tools by rural facilities, providers, and patients. Projects support access to remote care, improve data sharing, strengthen cybersecurity, and invest in emerging technologies.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 00. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
MAHARural@cms.hhs.gov
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