Tennessee lawmakers skeptical over strings attached to Trump rural health grant program

Tennessee Lawmakers Skeptical Over Strings Attached To Trump Administration's Rural Health Grant Program

Federal funding may be clawed back if state fails to meet its goals. Image Credit: Senator Bo Watson / Facebook ***Note from The Tennessee Conservative – this article posted here for informational purposes only. By Cassandra Stephenson [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The Trump administration’s Rural Health Transformation Program is being met with skepticism from Tennessee lawmakers over difficult-to-achieve policy changes, potential clawb…

Tennessee lawmakers skeptical over strings attached to Trump rural health grant program

A Trump administration rural health plan comes with money, but conditions that could be hard for Tennessee to fulfill. (Photo: Getty Images)The Trump administration’s Rural Health Transformation Program is being met with skepticism from Tennessee lawmakers over difficult-to-achieve policy changes, potential clawbacks and uncertainty about future funding.  The state could receive up to $1 billion over a 5-year period, but the year-to-year grant a…

What Could Go Wrong: Inside the First Year of the Rural Health Transformation Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program was designed by the Trump Administration to reshape healthcare delivery in rural America. But as the first year of funding rolls out, tensions are surfacing among state leaders, lawmakers, and rural providers over how the money should be spent – and whether it will truly stabilize struggling hospitals. Created as part of last year’s One Big Beau…