Rural Health Transformation funding in Arkansas
- First-year award
- $209M
- Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026
- $6.2M
- 3% of the award
- This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Arkansas since. See below.
- Application rounds open today
- None found
Rounds to look at
I found no open or upcoming round in Arkansas on the last review. That can change quickly, so call the state program office and ask what is next.
What the state review found, as of Nov 7, 2026
The program homepage publishes Year 1 recipients for THRIVE, PACT, RISE AR and HEART. The THRIVE application round closed June 12. I could not confirm a current intake on the state's pages. Future-year funding is contemplated.
Closed rounds (1)
- Jun 12, 2026Closed
Where Arkansas's money has gone so far
As Arkansas reported it to CMS through Jul 31, 2026. These are commitments to agencies, contractors and partners, not a measure of what has reached patients.
- Program administration$6.2M
Initiative detail
Program operations$6.2M
- $158KPersonnel, fringe, and other expenses. (Program administration)
- $6MContractual agreements. (Program administration)
Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗
Funding is one part of the job
A round in Arkansas can pay for the work. It cannot give you an owner, a plan your board trusts, or a go-live your staff believe in. That is the work I do with community and rural hospitals.
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Who built this
Jeff Paul
Founder & Principal, JP Healthcare Advisors
During eight years at Cerner, I worked across 170+ healthcare technology deployments. My deepest specialization was CommunityWorks: more than 90 community, rural, district, and critical-access hospitals in 34 states, including 62 critical-access hospitals.
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