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New York

Rural Health Transformation Program
Program
New York
First-year award
$212,058,208 (CMS)
Lead agency
New York State Department of Health
Program page
health.ny.gov/facilities/transforming_rural_healthcare
Contact
The program office's contact details
Where the plan names technology
New York's plan summary includes Investments in Technology Innovation and Cybersecurity Enhancements to "expand access to care through telehealth, improve patient outcomes through eConsult partnerships," "increase usable alerts in rural counties, and strengthen cybersecurity of rural facilities"; the state's application narrative says "NY will support systems with a cloud-native, AI-enabled, modular platform that generates actionable intelligence" and, for primary care practices, plans "vendor-neutral AI and technical assistance to train PCMH practices to automate PCMH administration." The Rural Community Health Integration guidance allows training on "remote monitoring, robotics, artificial intelligence, and other advanced technologies" and does not fund replacement EMR systems where a HITECH-certified EMR was in place as of Sept. 1, 2025.
AI named in the plan
Yes
Funding rounds
  • Awarded Rural Community Health Integration Initiative (planning and implementation awards); $76,190,022; up to $500,000 per county for planning and up to $3,000,000 for all implementation projects in an application; opened Jun 11, 2026, deadline Jul 14, 2026; eligible: A lead applicant that is a registered not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization or municipal hospital, with partner organizations and at least one general hospital or rural emergency hospital, in the 47 counties the state classifies as rural
Awards
  • Sept 4, 2026: More than $76 million to 90 awards to 56 organizations. Rural Community Health Integration Initiative awards, including approximately $22.7 million for planning awards and $53.5 million for implementation awards, for partnerships of hospitals, federally qualified health centers, behavioral health providers and other community-based organizations. The release names no recipients. Announcement
Next
The Governor's Office lists first-year budgets of $30 million for Technology-Enhanced Primary Care, $13 million for the Rural Roots workforce initiative and $79.5 million for Technology Innovation and Cybersecurity Resilience, which "strengthens cybersecurity and expands the use of innovative technologies in rural healthcare facilities"; no funding round for those initiatives was found. An Aug. 17 Department of Health webinar on the cybersecurity initiative, which is starting with rural hospitals, asked facilities to complete a Cybersecurity Resilience Interest Form by Aug. 31. A June 23 presentation says funding to carry out activities identified in the first budget period may be available in years 2 to 5. The program page returned server errors when checked; questions go to [email protected].
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, DOH program page, New York's project summary, DOH, application and process presentation, Jan. 16, 2026, DOH, RCHI funding guidance, DOH, RCHI application addendum 1, DOH, first funding opportunity, July 1, 2026, DOH, RCHI funding guidance overview, June 23, 2026, DOH, cybersecurity resilience webinar, Governor's Office, RCHI awards, CMS, New York RCHI awards, New York's application narrative
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