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Virginia

Rural Health Transformation Program
Program
Virginia
First-year award
$189,544,888 (CMS)
Lead agency
Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), the primary recipient, with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources
Program page
ruralhealthtransformationva.virginia.gov
Contact
The program office's contact details
Where the plan names technology
Virginia's plan puts technology in its CareIQ initiative, which would pay for "clinic-level adoption of cutting-edge, AI-enabled decision support and workflow management tools," remote patient monitoring with "AI-driven monitoring," provider productivity tools "including AI advances to reduce administrative burden," interoperability for independent rural providers and a Tech Innovation Fund for Virginia health technology companies. The plan also aims at "closing the technology gap that often prevents rural providers from keeping pace with EHR and cybersecurity advancements."
AI named in the plan
Yes
Funding rounds
Awards
  • Aug 28, 2026: more than $122 million to 11 partner organizations, which issue grants to community-based organizations. Funds to partners including the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Foundation (remote patient monitoring and rural residency slots), the Virginia Health Care Foundation (provider productivity and interoperability) and the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (a fund for early-stage health technology companies). The announcement does not give each partner's amount or name AI. Announcement
Next
Virginia runs most rounds through partner organizations, which post their own requests for applications; dates, amounts and eligibility here come from the state's undated RFA Navigator and statuses from its Ways to Apply page. The navigator lists the four regional mobile care rounds as "RFA to be released Mid-October," a consumer technology round for "Fall 2026" and the integrated care request for proposals for "October 2026." No subawards by the partner organizations had been announced on the state's pages when checked; the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Foundation says awards for its remote patient monitoring, residency slot and Food is Medicine rounds will be "announced by October 30, 2026."
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, Virginia RHT program site, Virginia's project narrative, Application and award page, Ways to Apply, RHT RFA Navigator, VDH, community paramedicine and maternal care RFAs, Commonwealth of Virginia, Aug. 28, 2026 release, CMS, Virginia awards, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Foundation, RHT funding opportunities
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