Becker's Healthcare December 31, 2025
Eleven states have outlined plans to address post-acute care coordination as part of their participation in the new CMS Rural Health Transformation Program.
The application window for the program ran from Sept. 15 to Nov. 5, and final awards were issued Dec. 29. All 50 states received part of the program’s $50 billion in funding across five years. The program was established under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and expanded by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
States were required to submit project abstracts summarizing how the funding would be utilized and the anticipated outcomes.
Here are the plans outlined by 11 states specific to post-acute care:
- Alaska plans to expand and sustain post-acute care services across...







