Telehealth & Covid-19
The PM Toolkit for Change Management: 3 Disciplines for RHTP Transformation
The main reason many RHTP initiatives will fall short of achieving the outcomes expected by CMS is not technology — it is the unmanaged resistance to change by clinicians, by staff, by administrators, and [...]
7 Proven Habits for Effectively Managing RHTP Transformation — Creating Engagement
At the core of every rural health transformation is one fundamental task: creating the desire in clinicians, staff, patients, and leaders to do things differently. As most leaders in healthcare know, that is harder [...]
7 Proven Habits for Effectively Managing RHTP Transformation — Preparation
Inspired by Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" In 1976, a doctoral student named Stephen Covey set out to understand what made people truly effective. His method was ambitious: he read [...]
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 [...]