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Rural Health Transformation funding in Montana

First-year award
$234M
Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026
$41.8M
18% of the award
This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Montana since. See below.
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Rounds to look at

  • No date posted
    Upcoming
    Center of Excellence participation and funding
    Montana RHTP

    Montana says it will release details in the coming months on how providers and facilities can take part in its Center of Excellence and the funding that goes with it.

    Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 7, 2026.

What the state review found, as of Nov 7, 2026

Reviewed provider grants have been awarded and listed procurements have closed. DPHHS says it will post more opportunities in the coming months, including funding tied to its Center of Excellence.

Closed rounds (3)

Where Montana's money has gone so far

As Montana reported it to CMS through Jul 31, 2026. These are commitments to agencies, contractors and partners, not a measure of what has reached patients.

  • Workforce$23.2M
  • IT advances$2.4M
  • Program administration$2M
  • Training and technical assistance$1.7M
  • Consumer technology$947K
  • Innovative care$202K
  • Fostering collaboration$164K
  • Prevention and chronic disease$120K
Read the detail with care. CMS's category lines for Montana differ from its headline by $10,941,753. The line items below differ from the headline by $1,000,000. The figures are shown as CMS printed them.

Initiative detail

Develop Workforce Through Recruitment, Training, and Retention$22.1M
  • $22.1MDeveloping workforce through recruitment, training, & retention. (Workforce)
Ensure Rural Facility Sustainability and Access Through Partnership and Restructuring$947K
  • $947KIntellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) Telehealth Services. (Consumer technology)
Launch innovative Care Delivery and Payment Models$1.9M
  • $202KDevelopment and maintenance of Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing facilities. (Innovative care)
  • $1.7MValue based technical assistance to primary care providers. (Training and technical assistance)
Invest in Community Health and Preventive Infrastructure$1.3M
  • $120KSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Waiver Implementation. (Prevention and chronic disease)
  • $1.2MCaring for Our Own Program. (Workforce)
Deploy Modern Health Care Technologies to Guide Rural Health Interventions$2.4M
  • $2.4MHealth Information Exchange (HIE) Tool Development. (IT advances)
Program operations$1.7M
  • $164KRural Health Transformation (RHT) Program Stakeholder Advisory Council. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $850KPersonnel costs within State Health Dept. to operate program (Program administration)
  • $15KTravel costs within State Health Dept. to operate program (Program administration)
  • $2.4MIndirect costs within State Health Dept. to operate program (Program administration)
  • $60KSupplies costs within State Health Dept. to operate program (Program administration)
  • $8.4MRHT Program consultation (Program administration)
  • $150KRHT targeted intervention and stakeholder engagement activities for existing state structure. (Program administration)

Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗

What CMS has announced for Montana

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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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