10/23/26: Today, the Trump Administration announced $193.7 million in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding to 45 organizations across Florida to improve rural health across the state. This investment will help build regional capacity and expand options for rural Floridians to receive high-quality healthcare closer to home.

This transformational funding will expand options for rural Floridians to receive preventive, specialty, and follow-up care in their communities. Florida’s approach uses telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, pharmacy-based services, diagnostic kiosks, and community paramedicine to give patients more ways to access needed care. Partnerships are a defining feature of Florida’s approach, with more than 500 partnerships across the 45 awardees bringing hospitals, clinics, local governments, and community organizations together to support statewide rural healthcare transformation.

The Rural Health Transformation Program is expanding access to quality healthcare, regardless of a patient’s ZIP code, while equipping first responders with the lifesaving resources they need when every second counts. This funding will make critical investments to strengthen rural healthcare, expand access to lifesaving services, and bring modern technology to communities across Florida.