Making America Healthy Again: Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence (MAHA ELEVATE) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) was announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in December 2025. This NOFO tests...

Food As Medicine Beginning in 1965, Dr. Jack Geiger helped found one of our nation’s first community health centers in rural Mississippi Delta. To combat the malnourishment and food insecurity of his impoverished patients, Dr. Geiger began writing “prescriptions” for...

Readiness Opportunity for Systems Transformation for Value-Based Care The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) launched a Request for Applications (RFA) with special considerations for rural healthcare providers traditionally...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) is designed to address critical provider shortages in rural communities driven by hospital and clinic closures, workforce attrition to urban areas, and persistent...

The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) advances key physical and behavioral health objectives as identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Aligning your organization with CMS priorities positions rural providers for success when...