Rural Health Transformation Program - Transforming Rural Healthcare Delivery, Hospital Transformation

The Rural Health Transformation Program aims to empower states to strengthen rural communities by improving healthcare access, quality, and outcomes. This program will support rural communities across Illinois in improving healthcare access, quality, and outcomes by transforming healthcare delivery. The program will provide planning grants for awardees to develop a regionally tailored and data-driven transformation plan, and implementation grants to implement approved transformation plans. Key aspects of the program include: • Transforming healthcare delivery to better align with community needs • Improving access to care by increasing the long-term financial viability of rural hospitals • Testing value-based payment models • Enhancing care coordination and quality • Supporting regional partnerships and infrastructure development