On December 30, 2025, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that it received $203 million in Rural Health Transformation Fund grant funding from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This award represents the first of five years of such awards from CMS to benefit rural health care in Wisconsin. According to the DHS press release, these dollars will go towards the following initiatives:

·        “Grants for innovative workforce projects in rural communities, support career pathways for rural health care providers, and fund services provided by community health workers.

·        Upgrades for rural provider systems, digital infrastructure, and develop a digital rural health care collaborative.

·        A competitive grant program for rural regions to create coordinated systems of care where multi-sector partnerships show a clear path to sustainability.”