Rural Health Transformation Fund Grant - Enhancing Primary Care Focused Data and Analytics

Vermont has secured a $195 million Rural Health Transformation (RHT) grant for the first year of a five-year initiative aimed at strengthening rural health networks across the state. The grant focuses on enhancing practice and administrative capacities, particularly by improving the ability to calculate clinical measures and track services provided by community health teams. By bolstering data and measurement capabilities, the initiative seeks to enable healthcare providers to deliver higher quality care, promote coordinated care efforts, and support ongoing performance improvements with data-driven approaches. This investment is intended to ensure that rural Vermonters receive timely, appropriate, and affordable healthcare services. The Department of Economic Development is overseeing the solicitation titled "Rural Health Transformation Fund Grant - Enhancing Primary Care Focused Data and Analytics," with responses due by 4 pm on July 3, 2026. The contract is designed to support efforts that facilitate improved data analytics and technology enhancements in primary care settings within Vermont. The program is open for applications through the Vermont business registry, managed by the State and Local Government (SLED) agency, and interested parties can direct inquiries to the provided point of contact email addresses. This initiative reflects a targeted investment to make data-driven care coordination and rural health workforce improvements sustainable over the grant’s five-year period.