HealthTuesday, November 10
Oregon wins another $197.3 million to expand rural healthcare access
The Daily Salem team
Oregon has been awarded about $197.3 million for the second year in a row for rural healthcare, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced. The money comes through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The Oregon Health Authority says the first round supported more than 300 organizations, including rural hospitals, health clinics and community mental health programs.
Early rural health projects are underway across Oregon
| Where | Project |
|---|---|
| Illinois Valley | Mobile clinic, five days a week |
| Jordan Valley | Clinic closed in 2013 will reopen |
| Seaside | Fire & Rescue will buy an ambulance |
| Enterprise | Wallowa Memorial cesarean training |
| Hood River, Wasco | In-home care for older adults |
Source: KDRV
Oregon was one of the first states to send federal funding to local projects in the program's first year. The federal government made the second award after evaluating the state's progress against its goals.
“Oregon should be proud of all that it has accomplished in the 11 months since the U.S. government first awarded our state Rural Health Transformation Program funding.”
- 2027 money: mostly to advance first-year projects
- Possible next phase: larger, more competitive regional grants
- Also targets: workforce, health technology, chronic disease care, Tribes
Oregon's rural health award, by the numbers
- $197.3 million
- awarded for a second year in a row
- More than 300
- organizations backed in the first round
- 11 months
- since Oregon first won the funding