Telehealth & Covid-19
Preparing for RHTP RFPs:
What Rural Health Leaders can do NOW
The Rural Health Transformation Program has set a remarkable amount of activity into motion — 50 state applications submitted, awards issued, revised budgets under review, and RFPs at the state level are beginning to [...]
When Telehealth Gear Gathers Dust:
Why Equipment Funding Isn’t Enough
This article is based on a webinar presented by Jen Donathan, Shari Snyder, Ryan Baker, and Christian Milaster for Generation West Virginia’s Broadband Technical Assistance Webinar Series. There is a pattern we have seen [...]
Consumer-Facing Digital Health Is Coming:
Are States and Rural Providers Ready?
When CMS designed the Rural Health Transformation Program, it made a deliberate bet: consumer-facing digital health technology — symptom checkers, remote monitoring devices, AI chatbots, chronic disease apps, digital navigation tools — could meaningfully address [...]
RPM Works — If You Do It Right:
What the Evidence Actually Shows
When CMS started reimbursing Remote Physiological Monitoring in 2019, a gold rush mentality swept through healthcare. Overnight, vendors promised small clinics easy revenue through RPM billing codes. Large health systems invested millions in platforms and devices, expecting outcomes to follow [...]
What Successful Consumer-Facing
Health Tech Actually Looks Like
When CMS released the NOFO for the Rural Health Transformation Program last year, there was one category that stood out: “consumer-facing digital health”. It’s a welcome, albeit unexpected move in the right direction. However, I'm not sure that eight weeks [...]
RHTP & Consumer-Facing Digital Health:
Why Most Will Fail (And How Yours Won’t)
December 29, 2025 changed everything for rural health transformation. CMS awarded $50 billion across all 50 states through the Rural Health Transformation Program. States submitted their revised budgets. Now comes the hard part: Execution. For states that included consumer-facing [...]
Is Infrastructure Really What’s Holding Telehealth Back?
Recently, I came across a comprehensive analysis by Khandaker Sabit Bin Razzak examining telehealth adoption trends. His post — “Telehealth Adoption Trends: Why Scalable Digital Infrastructure Matters More Than Ever” — was packed with solid data, such as utilization rates, [...]
Using High-Tech to Enable High-Touch in Healthcare
Why Digital Health Adherence Requires Human Connection We have a digital health problem. And it's not the one you think. Billions are flowing into digital health tools. Tools such as wearables, remote monitoring devices, patient portals, and telehealth platforms. The [...]
LEADing RHTP Success: Driving Lasting Transformation through Clinician Engagement
The Rural Health Transformation Program holds the promise to fundamentally reshape rural healthcare delivery — for decades, if done right. States across the country have identified numerous innovative initiatives such as AI-powered diagnostics, remote monitoring systems, telehealth networks that connect [...]