Vermont
Rural Health Transformation Program- Program
- Vermont
- First-year award
- $195,053,740 (CMS)
- Lead agency
- Agency of Human Services (AHS)
- Program page
- healthcarereform.vermont.gov/hr1rural-health-transformation-fund
- Contact
- The program office's contact details
- Where the plan names technology
- Vermont's plan would expand "telehealth, RPM, and AI-enabled tools to support chronic disease management" and give providers grants to "purchase, lease or license AI scribe technology," along with e-Consult platforms, a shared EMR platform, health information exchange participation, cybersecurity protections and a statewide health care data platform modernization.
- AI named in the plan
- Yes
- Funding rounds
- Open Vermont Rural Health Transformation Tuition Benefit Program, 2027 to 2028 academic year (Vermont Student Assistance Corporation); Up to UVM's in-state tuition, or the tuition of a higher-cost Vermont State University program; opened Oct 1, 2026; eligible: Students in eligible allied health, mental health, nursing, EMS and dentistry programs who commit to five years of work in a Vermont health care setting serving a rural community
- Awards
- Oct 8, 2026: $131,057,627.27 to Partial list of Year 1 grant agreements and contracts with providers, community organizations and vendors. The list includes 26 grants to providers "to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) transcription/scribe technology," the largest $860,274.00 to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, along with grants for telehealth, remote patient monitoring and e-Consult. Announcement
- Sept 10, 2026: $9 million to Vermont Student Assistance Corporation. Tuition benefits for students in health fields who commit to at least five years of service in rural Vermont, the state's first project under the program. Announcement
- Sept 10, 2026: approximately $2.7 million to Three nursing homes and four community partners. Ventilator capacity at two nursing homes, the state's first nursing home "dialysis den" and regional and statewide training hubs for licensed nursing assistants. Announcement
- Next
- AHS says "All Year 1 RFP and NOFO opportunities have closed" and will post Year 2 opportunities when they open, on dates "to be determined." Its list of Year 1 awards and contracts, updated Oct. 8, 2026, is "a partial and ongoing list" and gives no dates for individual agreements. CMS described the two Sept. 10 announcements together as $11.7 million.
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, AHS program page, Vermont's revised project narrative, June 29, 2026, AHS, RHT program RFPs and NOFOs, AHS, Year 1 awards and contracts, Department of Health, tuition benefit awards, DAIL, nursing care facility awards, VSAC, tuition benefit program, CMS, Vermont awards
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