Texas Analysis: CMS Lifts $250M Restriction on Rural Texas Strong Award After Budget Restructuring
Also: news roundup, with a Daily Yonder look at a new study
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In this issue:
Mondays are usually light for state updates and RFP drops, so the focus is on news and drilling down into a state with recent activity. For today it’s Texas, with an analysis of the April 7, 2026 revised Notice of Award (RHTCMS332068-01-03) from CMS that officially lifted the restriction on $250 million of Texas's Year 1 funding. This followed Texas submitting its final budget narrative revisions on the same day.
News roundup
CMS Lifts $250M Restriction on Rural Texas Strong Award After Budget Restructuring
News roundup
At-Risk Communities Shortchanged by Rural Health Transformation Program, Research Shows, Daily Yonder — Tyler Dedrick. References “Rural Health Transformation Program Allocations and Rural Health Needs in the US” by Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH; Eliza Macneal, MS; Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
Big Companies Position Themselves for Payday From $50B Federal Rural Health Fund, WSGW (KFF Health News syndication) — KFF Health News senior correspondent Phil Galewitz and rural health care correspondent Arielle Zionts contributed to this report.
$1 Billion Over 5 Years: Director of NH’s New Rural Health Program Rolls Out Goals for Federal Funds, New Hampshire Bulletin — William Skipworth
Morrisey Celebrates Passage of Rural Health Bill, The Intermountain — Steven Allen Adams
