Colorado

This RHTP Year One Work Plan guidance outlines the required elements for state and hospital-led implementation plans, including SMART goals, activity timelines, deliverables, and reporting metrics. It provides sample work plan structures and KPI guidance to ensure planned use of RHTP funding addresses workforce, EMS, telehealth, care quality, and chronic disease priorities. The document establishes the framework for program accountability, milestone tracking, and payment release after award. Event schedule: - Year One: , 2026 - September 30, 2027 - December 31 - RHTP Lead Applicant Organization: - Important: This Work Plan should only include activities and outcomes planned for RHTP Year One (, 2026 – September 30, 2027). - December 31 - Please complete all sections below.

This updated FAQ Fact Sheet provides comprehensive guidance for the Colorado Rural Health Transformation Program RFA cycle, including eligibility requirements, allowable costs, budget guidance, evaluation/scoring criteria, and information about partnerships and collaborative applications. Application opportunities are open to Qualified Rural Health Care Providers or their designated third parties, with grants available for workforce, infrastructure, technology, EMS, and other transformative projects in rural and frontier Colorado. Awardees and funded projects will be announced after application review and contract finalization. Key contacts: Colorado Rural Health Transformation Program Team hcpf_rhtp@state.co.us Event schedule: - Application Deadline - 08/03/2026 - 11:59 PM MT - Online portal via RHTP website - RHTP Office Hours - July 23, 2026 - 1:00 PM MT - Join here (webinar link) - RHTP Office Hours - July 27, 2026 - 12:00 PM MT - Join here (webinar link) - RHTP Office Hours - July 29, 2026 - 8:00 AM MT - Join here (webinar link)

This FAQ addresses eligibility, application process, and allowable uses for the Colorado RHTP, emphasizing support for rural hospitals and Medicaid providers. Applicants may include single or collaborative lead organizations, with strong encouragement for regional partnerships involving rural, frontier, and even out-of-state partners focused on Colorado services. Allowable costs include workforce development, technology, telehealth, EMS, equipment, and select renovations; strict supplanting prohibitions apply and all funds must support direct transformation objectives. Key contacts: The Colorado Rural Health Transformation Program Team hcpf_rhtp@state.co.us Event schedule: - Application Deadline - 08/03/2026 - 11:59 PM MT - Online Portal - RHTP Office Hours - 07/23/2026 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MT - Join here - RHTP Office Hours - 07/27/2026 - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MT - Join here - RHTP Office Hours - 07/29/2026 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM MT - Join here

Colorado’s 2025-26 Healthy Colorado For All report showcases implementation milestones in immunizations, maternity, behavioral health, and prevention, emphasizing health equity and regional variation. Rural disparities remain pronounced, with 11% of Medicaid members in rural and 3% in frontier counties, half of rural areas classified as Maternity Care Deserts, and persistent differences in diabetes control and oral health by race/ethnicity. Major reforms include ACC Phase III launch, Medicaid eConsult platform, expanded doula services, and the approved HRSN (1115) waiver for broader social supports.

The RHTP Advisory Committee convened to review program milestones, budget status, and funding mechanisms for the $165 million Year 1 implementation in Colorado. 85% of Year 1 funding will be distributed via competitive RFAs, focusing on hospital support, workforce, telehealth expansion, and chronic disease prevention. The committee reaffirmed the consultative role in program oversight and discussed formation of subcommittees, especially on data, to advance program deliverables. Key contacts: April Randle; Camille Harding; Dannon Cox; Jack Devie Event schedule: - Advisory Committee Meeting - 04/24/2026 - 2:00 - 4:00 PM MT - Virtual - HCPF Executive Director Appointment (Gretchen Hammer) - 04/13/2026 - CMS Budget Release Notice - 04/21/2026 - CMS Memo for RHTP Governance - 04/06/2026

Colorado's RHTP targets systemic transformation of rural health through a $1 billion five-year investment, addressing geographic, workforce, and financial barriers. Core strategies include expanding EMS, telehealth, workforce recruitment/retention, data integration, chronic disease/prevention programs, payment reform, and regionalized care coordination. The plan will strengthen rural hospitals’ sustainability, improve access to care, and reduce health disparities across all rural and frontier counties, prioritizing maternal, behavioral, and chronic disease outcomes.

This document records over two dozen partnership interest responses for Colorado's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in June 2026. Respondents include transportation vendors, evaluation firms, digital health services, workforce development agencies, pharmacy networks, pediatric clinics, public health associations, and behavioral health providers, each offering strategies to address rural healthcare access, workforce shortages, care coordination, and chronic disease management. The responses collectively underscore a robust ecosystem of local and statewide organizations aiming to collaborate on quality improvement, telehealth, EMS, and population health priorities under RHTP. Key contacts: Ross Peterson ross.peterson@sunshinerides.com; Courtney C Carag communitycarecollective@gmail.com; Bob McCullough rmmccullough24@gmail.com; Ellen Witt ewitt@omni.org