Rural Health Transformation funding in Maryland
- First-year award
- $168M
- Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026
- $167M
- 99% of the award
- This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Maryland since. See below.
- Application rounds open today
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Rounds to look at
- No date postedOpenRural Health Connectivity ProgramMaryland RHTP / CRISP
$40K. Maximum potential milestone payment per organization, not automatic entitlement.
The intake form is live, first come, subject to funds. Eligibility, onboarding and milestones apply, and data feeds must be kept up for at least a year.
Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 7, 2026.
What the state review found, as of Nov 7, 2026
Maryland’s CRISP Rural Health Connectivity Program accepts intake on a first-come, first-served basis subject to available funds, with potential payments up to $40,000 per organization. Other displayed Budget Period 1 rounds have passed dates or award offers.
Where Maryland's money has gone so far
As Maryland reported it to CMS through Jul 31, 2026. These are commitments to agencies, contractors and partners, not a measure of what has reached patients.
- Appropriate care availability$53.7M
- Provider payments$25.1M
- Workforce$22M
- Prevention and chronic disease$14.7M
- Capital and infrastructure$14.4M
- IT advances$13.2M
- Innovative care$12.4M
- Behavioral health$10M
- Program administration$888K
- Fostering collaboration$791K
Initiative detail
Transform the Rural Health Workforce$24.8M
- $15KMinor renovation funding to create functional flexible office and training space at Area Health Education Centers (AHECs). (Capital and infrastructure)
- $2MCreating an online platform for healthcare workforce development applications. (IT advances)
- $764KImplementing a Maryland Health Workforce Data Clearinghouse. (IT advances)
- $1.9MExpanding existing AHEC program capacity and opening new AHECs. (Workforce)
- $3.7MRecruitment and training opportunities for healthcare and public health professionals. (Workforce)
- $16.4MExpanding training, recruitment and retention strategies for rural Maryland physicians and advanced practice professionals. (Workforce)
Promote Sustainable Access and Innovative Care for Rural Marylanders$126M
- $4.4MExpanding new primary care sites in rural communities, upgrading electronic health records, and piloting a pre-hospital Blood Transfusion Program with rural emergency medical service (EMS). (Appropriate care availability)
- $840KExpanding School-Based Health Center hours and services and procuring mobile units. (Appropriate care availability)
- $28.3MExpanding services to meet current demand and build long-term capacity to improve health outcomes and deploy technology-enabled chronic disease management. (Appropriate care availability)
- $20.1MSupporting regional mobile health programs, including chronic disease management, partnerships with EMS for community paramedicine and mobile health integrated health models and community-based care teams. (Appropriate care availability)
- $10MIncreasing sustainable access to priority services across the full continuum of behavioral health care in rural areas. (Behavioral health)
- $14.4MMinor renovations in primary care office spaces, dental health service spaces, behavioral health office spaces, and school-based health centers. (Capital and infrastructure)
- $900KHiring a contractor to support coding, billing and revenue cycle management Technical Assistance (TA), strengthening Local Health Department (LHD) and Area Agency on Aging (AAA) revenue and self-sufficiency. (Innovative care)
- $11.5MPreparing rural providers to participate in innovative, value-based care models. (Innovative care)
- $10.5MIncreasing rural provider connectivity, piloting AI technology to improve clinical workflows, connecting closed loop referrals, supporting Central Billing Office (CBO) billing, and developing a centralized telehealth infrastructure. (IT advances)
- $25.1MUtilizing provider payments to transform the healthcare system by providing services in new settings and covering startup costs to support the transition to sustainable, billable services. Providers include primary care, school-based health centers, mobile health clinics, and behavioral health services. (Provider payments)
Empower Rural Marylanders to Eat for Health$15.3M
- $547KEstablishing a Rural Food Coordination program. (Fostering collaboration)
- $4MLocating cold storage infrastructure within rural communities to expand food aggregation and distribution capacity for small farms. (Prevention and chronic disease)
- $1.8MProviding small grocers and mobile access points with funds for equipment purchases, minor renovations, technology infrastructure and marketing to create a sustainable business. (Prevention and chronic disease)
- $4.1MProviding targeted nutritional education to improve food and physical activity behaviors among rural residents. (Prevention and chronic disease)
- $4.8MImplementing Food Aggregation and food hubs to increase availability of affordable, local foods. (Prevention and chronic disease)
Program operations$1.1M
- $245KGovernance. (Fostering collaboration)
- $888KGovernance. (Program administration)
Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗
What CMS has announced for Maryland
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Jeff Paul
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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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