Wyoming hospitals are preparing for new federal funding as part of the 5-year Rural Health Transformation Program. Recently, hospital leaders met with the Director of the Wyoming State Department of Health to discuss the details of the $10-billion program.

Rural Health Transformation Program

The program aims to support rural hospitals and healthcare systems. In their original submission to CMS, Wyoming hospitals included a concept called the perpetuity fund, which would put funds away for a longer period of time than the five years allocated within the Rural Health Transformation Fund guidance. However, CMS did not approve of this concept.

Original reporting: Sheridan Media (Sheridan WY) — read the source article.