Rural Health

Provider Interoperability & Provider Productivity RFAs Closed

The Provider Interoperability & Provider Productivity Request for Applications (RFAs) are now closed. Thank you for your interest. VHCF anticipates sharing a Notice of Awards by September 30, 2026, for Provider Interoperability and October 14, 2026, for Provider Productivity.

To learn more about Virginia’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), including information on other initiatives and funding opportunities, visit Virginia’s RHTP website here.

PROVIDER INTEROPERABILITY

VHCF anticipates awarding approximately $14 million under this funding opportunity to transform rural health care providers’ digital health care infrastructure through investments in network capacity, electronic health records, cybersecurity, and electronic health data exchange. Collectively, these investments should allow Virginia’s rural health care providers to “leapfrog” legacy health care infrastructure and enable more targeted and connected care delivery in rural communities.

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PROVIDER PRODUCTIVITY

VHCF anticipates awarding between $7 million and $9 million under this funding opportunity to support adoption of digital productivity tools, including AI-enabled decision-support, documentation, and workflow automation, to reduce administrative burden, ease provider burnout, and allow rural clinicians to focus more of their valuable time on patient care.

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About Virginia’s Rural Health Transformation Program

Virginia’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) was established under Section 71401 of Public Law 119-21 and is administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS awarded the Commonwealth a cooperative agreement designating the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) as primary recipient. VHCF is a subrecipient of DMAS and administers the Provider Interoperability & Provider Productivity sub-initiatives.

This subaward is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $189,544,888 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CMS/HHS or the U.S. Government.

Questions?
The VHCF team is delighted to provide additional support for both sub-initiatives. Please direct all questions to ruralhealth@vhcf.org.