Missouri Submits Rural Health Transformation Program Plan To CMS
Gov. Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services announced today that the state of Missouri submitted its Rural Health Transformation Program plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Missouri’s RHTP plan focuses on the following.
- improving health care access for rural Missourians by connecting providers, pharmacies, public health agencies, at-home resources and digital health tools through a unified, regional network
- expanding access to primary care, behavioral health, and maternity services in rural communities while strengthening specialty and complex care through telehealth and patient-focused technology
- enhancing rural provider sustainability by increasing collaboration among local partners to advance technology, operations, and care delivery, and incentivizing better health outcomes through shared savings of avoidable health care costs
CMS will review each state's proposal and notify awardees by Wednesday, Dec. 31.
For more information on Missouri's plan, visit the DSS website or learn more about the RHTP on the CMS website.
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