Healthcare IT News January 20, 2026
The CMS Administrator spoke at length about the Rural Health Transformation Fund at a White House-hosted event designed to promote innovation in payment and flexibility.
At a rural health roundtable Friday at the White House, President Donald Trump focused on an array of issues affecting healthcare costs in the United States, from his new “Great Healthcare Plan” proposal, efforts to reduce drug costs and more.
In a federal shift away from volume-based reimbursements toward innovation-focused grants, the Rural Health Transformation Program is the chief mechanism aimed at ensuring rural residents have long-term access to quality care that urban residents do, said Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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