Note: Year 1 award lists are being reissued with more names on every edition, and each edition is a new call sheet. RHTP Verified Intelligence diffs them so you see who just got added.
In this packed issue covering big Friday announcements and weekend additions:
Georgia extends its Rural Simulation Mannequin Grant Program by a week, to November 20
Mississippi posts v2 FAQs and the public Q&A for its EHR Replacement program: no vendor gets picked before award
New Hampshire opens its FHC GO-NORTH Rural Health Transformation Technical Assistance Center (T-TAC) RFQ to consultants outside the state and publishes a rate table
New Hampshire posts the Critical Access & Acute Care Hospital RFA Information Session Q&A ahead of the November 12 priority deadline: partners in-state, vendors anywhere
Montana sets the first Center of Excellence Advisory Council meeting for November 19 in Helena
Tennessee answers 58 questions on its County Health Council Collaborative Action for Rural Engagement (CARE) Grants, RFA #34320-19727, and holds fiscal sponsors to 10%
Missouri previews more than $55 million in new RHTP funding opportunities, including $5 million for mobile health units
Nevada opens a $2 million Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation WRRAP Provider Recruitment and Retention RFA, due December 10
Rhode Island names Uncommon Solutions as its Community Clinical Care Hub consultant, and OHIC says a value-based payment TA RFP is coming
Louisiana reports Budget Period 1 awards to its Advisory Council: 195 competitive awards from 529 applications, and $42.5 million for a state instance of Epic
Washington names the recipients behind its 100% obligated Year 1: 28 hospitals, 45 provider-technology awards and six opioid treatment programs
West Virginia posts a third edition of its Released Awards: 57 awards, $83.8 million, with IBM at $6.6 million for the Data Spine
Georgia extends its Rural Simulation Mannequin Grant Program by a week, to November 20
We covered the program October 10: $90,000 per award for Board of Nursing-approved programs, vendor quote required with the application. The funding opportunities page changed one sentence on November 6, and that sentence is the only notice:
and will be available for applications starting Friday 10/9/26 and close on Friday, 11/20/26 (extended by 1 week).
It had read 11/13/26.
Mississippi posts v2 FAQs and the public Q&A for its Electronic Health Record Replacement For Small Rural Providers Program: no vendor gets picked before award
Two files went up on the funding page: an FAQ v2 printed November 5 and a log of 47 public questions from the October 13–28 question period, most answered by pointing at an FAQ number. We covered the $9.5 million program October 14; applications close November 23.
For vendors, FAQ 3.3 is the answer:
Vendors must not be selected prior to award. Vendor selection, as needed, will occur post-award through the appropriate procurement process in accordance with compliance requirements.
FAQ 3.7 closes the incumbent door: “Familiarity with a brand or existing staff training alone does not justify a noncompetitive purchase.”
Awards are anticipated in February 2027 and every dollar must be spent by July 31, 2027, so the EHR buying happens in about five months of competitive procurement next spring. No maximum award. Reimbursement, with a controlled advance by exception. Applicants must be Mississippi-located.
Who asked: a technology company based in San Francisco and Raleigh that has done rural work for San Mateo County; a for-profit care coordination organization reaching rural Mississippians through community pharmacies; a provider whose EHR vendor discontinues its platform January 1, 2027; an optometric clinic whose EHR won’t renew certification in 2027; a clinic using Azara DRVS. Larger providers asked about a round of their own. The answer: watch the website.
New Hampshire opens its FHC GO-NORTH Rural Health Transformation Technical Assistance Center (T-TAC) RFQ to consultants outside the state and publishes a rate table
The Foundation for Healthy Communities posted an October edition of the RFQ and a T-TAC Q&A on November 4. We covered the T-TAC July 30 and its October 6 update October 7. It is still rolling and still $4,000,000 for Budget Period 1. Submission instructions now say FHC-T-TAC@healthynh.org; the At-a-Glance block still says GO-NORTH-FHC@healthynh.org.
The September edition took “All New Hampshire-based nonprofit, for-profit, or community-based organizations.” The October edition reads:
All applicants, including nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and community-based organizations, must demonstrate that they are legally authorized to conduct business or carry out program activities in New Hampshire and are eligible to enter into and administer grant agreements.
The rate guidance, updated November 4, is loaded and hourly:
Senior Consultant / Subject Matter Expert: $175–$250
Mid-Level Consultant / Analyst / Grant Development: $125–$175
TA Coordinator / Program Support: $75–$110
Named staff are scored individually, “with preference given to teams demonstrating relevant experience supporting New Hampshire and New England providers,” and firms that can show up in person are preferred over virtual-only. Approved consultants don’t market themselves: providers get the T-TAC list only after FHC approves their request.
Most of the questions came from revenue cycle firms: credentialed coders (CPC, CCS, CPMA, CHC), aged A/R cleanup, denial appeals, chargemaster files, interim revenue cycle leadership. FHC on the top tier: “CPC or CCS credential alone does not automatically warrant the SME tier.”
New Hampshire posts the Critical Access & Acute Care Hospital RFA Information Session Q&A ahead of the November 12 priority deadline: partners in-state, vendors anywhere
We covered FHC’s approximately $17.5 million Critical Access Hospital and Acute Care Hospital RFA October 7. FHC re-posted it November 4 with one change, higher word limits: the focus-area narrative goes from 1,200 to 2,000 words, Sustainability from 500 to 800, Budget Alignment from 400 to 600. The Q&A, dated November 2, compiles the October 29 information session; the transcript and recording are up too.
The answer that changes team-building, and reverses what we reported October 7:
No, partner organizations must be in NH. However, a vendor, consultant or contractor may be located outside of NH.
The RFA itself still says applicants “are not required to be located in New Hampshire.” On services that can’t be billed yet:
Not being able to bill for a service doesn’t necessarily make it non-reimbursable. The test is whether the service is reimbursable in general, not whether your organization is set up to bill for it today.
FHC will fund payer enrollment, credentialing and contracting, not the provider’s time delivering the service. Unlimited Project Development applications as lead, one Preparatory Investments or Program Ready. Request Budget Period 1 only. A project that isn’t selected can go to “the forthcoming RFA that aligns better.”
The priority cohort closes November 12, 5:00 PM ET, through the application portal; awards mid-December, rolling after that.
Montana sets the first Center of Excellence Advisory Council meeting for November 19 in Helena
DPHHS emailed the dates Friday. The 24-member council we covered when it was named in July meets in person 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delta Hotels Helena Colonial, open to the public with registration. In the state’s words, the council will “closely collaborate with the selected CoE Strategy and Analytics vendor,” so this is the first public room where that work gets shaped.
The Stakeholder Advisory Committee meets virtually Monday, November 30, 1 to 3 p.m. (register). The email says Thursday; the committee page says Monday, and November 30 is a Monday.
Tennessee answers 58 questions on its County Health Council Collaborative Action for Rural Engagement (CARE) Grants, RFA #34320-19727, and holds fiscal sponsors to 10%
Amendment 1 is dated November 6. The deadline holds at November 20, 2:00 p.m. CT; the evaluation notice is December 22 and contracts start February 1, 2027, for 18 months. We covered the RFA October 10.
The amendment rewrites the funding section into capped tiers, 8 to 12 awards from $2 million:
Tier 1, up to $75,000, no limit on count
Tier 2, up to $250,000, up to 4 awards
Tier 3, up to $500,000, up to 2 awards
Fiscal sponsors asked four different ways whether they could take 15%. Same answer each time: “administrative and indirect costs combined may not exceed 10% of the total award amount per budget period.” Each council and each fiscal sponsor gets one application, joint or not. Rural means 89 counties, all but Shelby, Madison, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Sullivan. Food, gift cards and giveaways are out; vans need CMS prior approval with a rent-versus-buy comparison.
The answers say a county government or school district can serve as fiscal sponsor under the GG contract. The replaced Section I.A still says a fiscal agent “must have 501(c)(3) status.”
Vendors asked too: a for-profit with a tool for CHIP priorities, a digital health engagement platform, a psychiatric Collaborative Care Model. The answer to all of them is to work through a council: “Any proposed collaboration should be initiated and documented by the Council.”
