Utah
Rural Health Transformation Program- Program
- Utah
- First-year award
- $195,743,566 (CMS)
- Lead agency
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Program page
- dhhs.utah.gov/ruralhealth
- Contact
- The program office's contact details
- Where the plan names technology
- Utah's plan includes goals to "Deploy consumer-facing tech and AI solutions" and "Facilitate clinical technology and AI solutions," such as "AI-powered remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools" and "clinical AI agents or similar technologies to assist with note generation," alongside EHR upgrades, cybersecurity, telehealth and data exchange. The state's SPRINT consortium round covered EHR upgrades, multi-factor authentication, endpoint detection software and "implementing clinical and consumer-facing AI solutions."
- AI named in the plan
- Yes
- Funding rounds
- Open RISE 2.3: Grow Our Own Rural Health Pipeline (Utah Board of Higher Education and Talent Ready Utah); Up to $4,000,000.00 in year 1; up to $20,000,000.00 total; opened Sept 11, 2026, deadline Oct 29, 2026; eligible: Consortia led by Utah System of Higher Education institutions, private nonprofit colleges, school districts, Tribal Nations, rural health care providers or certain Utah nonprofits, serving rural counties
- Open RISE 2.4: Expand Non-GME Rural Healthcare Pipeline (Utah Board of Higher Education and Talent Ready Utah); Up to $3,000,000.00 in year 1; up to $10,000,000.00 total; opened Sept 11, 2026, deadline Oct 29, 2026; eligible: Consortia with at least an education or training partner and a rural employer or provider partner, serving rural counties
- Closed SHIFT 3.3: Rural EMS (Department of Public Safety, Bureau of EMS); Up to $12,500,000.00; opened Aug 12, 2026, deadline Sept 20, 2026; eligible: Hospitals or health systems, FQHCs or rural health clinics, EMS agencies, Tribal health organizations and educational institutions serving rural Utah counties or specific Tribal Nations
- Closed SHIFT 3.4: New Models of Care; Up to $10,000,000.00; 12 anticipated awards; opened Aug 12, 2026, deadline Sept 1, 2026; eligible: For-profit, nonprofit, government and tribal organizations operating in Utah, or in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho or Nevada while serving Utah communities
- Closed PATH 1.1: Rural Food Infrastructure (Department of Agriculture and Food); Up to $9,265,098.80; opened Jul 21, 2026, deadline Aug 31, 2026; eligible: Utah-headquartered producers, cooperatives, businesses, nonprofits, local governments and schools that use at least 51% Utah-grown products and sell at least 25% to rural counties
- Closed PATH 1.4: Community Care Hub; Up to $2,000,000.00; 1 anticipated award; opened Jul 27, 2026, deadline Aug 17, 2026; eligible: Legal entities with experience organizing a network of community-based organizations for health-related social needs
- Closed SHIFT 3.2: Rural Health Provider Networks; Up to $2,500,000.00; 6 anticipated awards; opened Jul 22, 2026, deadline Aug 14, 2026; eligible: Utah-based strategic partners with rural health system expertise
- Closed LIFT 5.1: Scalable Telehealth Projects (Utah Education and Telehealth Network); Up to $23,690,300.00; opened Jul 10, 2026, deadline Aug 10, 2026; eligible: Legal entities operating in or directly serving one or more of Utah's 25 rural counties
- Closed LINCS 7.3 and 7.4: Semantic Data Model; Up to $11,000,000.00; 1 anticipated award; opened Jul 10, 2026, deadline Aug 7, 2026; eligible: Organizations with the technical capacity to manage large-scale cloud integration and semantic data modeling
- Closed SPRINT Consortium (SHIFT 3.1, FAST 4.2 and 4.3, SUPPORT 6.1 to 6.5, LINCS 7.1 and 7.2); Up to a total of $59,200,000.00; 1 anticipated award; opened Jul 10, 2026, deadline Aug 7, 2026; eligible: Lead entities representing a rural health care consortium with documented governance
- Closed RISE 2.5: Recruit and Retain; Up to $20,000,000.00; up to 6 anticipated awards; opened Jul 7, 2026, deadline Aug 4, 2026; eligible: Utah-based for-profit, nonprofit or government entities with rural partnerships
- Closed FAST 4.1: Value-Based Care Models; Up to $6,000,000.00; 1 anticipated award; opened Jun 24, 2026, deadline Jul 22, 2026; eligible: Utah-based 501(c)(3) health care organizations
- Closed PATH 1.5: Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration; Up to $2,000,000.00; 2 to 3 anticipated awards; opened May 29, 2026, deadline Jun 29, 2026; eligible: A community health care provider or local service agency as lead, working with at least three local service agencies, including one safety net provider
- Closed RISE 2.2: Rural Clinical Preceptor Stipend Program, second window; Up to $200,000.00; 20 to 50 stipends; opened Jun 22, 2026, deadline Jun 29, 2026; eligible: Licensed MDs, DOs, APRNs or PAs practicing in a rural county who are active or eligible preceptors
- Next
- Several closed rounds list estimated start dates in September and October 2026, but the program's pages had announced no awards when checked. Multi-year amounts depend on future federal funds. The funding page also lists a program evaluation contract and a graduate medical education planning contract for consultants, which are not shown here.
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, DHHS program page, Utah's revised project narrative, DHHS funding opportunities
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