Rural Health Transformation Program must consider care at home, Alliance tells CMS

Rural Health Transformation Program must consider care at home, Alliance tells CMS 
McKnights Home Care; by Adam Healy; 10/17/25 
As stakeholders compete for funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ $50 billion rural healthcare grant initiative, home care providers are asking for their cut. “The RHTP represents a chance to reshape rural health systems around a continuum of care that extends beyond hospital walls,” Steve Landers, MD, chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Care at Home, said Wednesday in a letter to CMS. “The National Alliance for Care at Home strongly urges CMS to view home-based care not as an adjunct, but as an essential partner in the transformation of rural health delivery.”