Rural Health Transformation Program · State Procurement & Funding Profile
Massachusetts's approximately $162.0M Year-1 Rural Health Transformation Program award — the program contact, the early priorities, and where to watch for procurements as the state builds out.
Massachusetts’s official RHTP hub →
Massachusetts is receiving approximately $162.0 million in Year-1 funding under the federal $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. Like every RHTP award, it is structured by CMS as an annual award across a five-year performance period. Detailed allocation figures live in the state's CMS-approved budget narrative; program updates are posted on the state's RHTP hub.
Massachusetts's Rural Health Transformation Program is led by an interagency team rather than a single agency: the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), the Department of Public Health (DPH), MassHealth (the state Medicaid program), DPH's Office of Rural Health, and the Executive Office of Economic Development's Office of Rural Affairs, among other state agencies. Program contact: Kirby Lecy (kirby.lecy@mass.gov).
Massachusetts RHTP overview →Early signals point to a plan focused on rural workforce housing, pharmacy access, and tele-emergency care. Massachusetts has not yet published detailed public plan documents in the sources reviewed, so this profile is kept brief and pointing you to the source of record.
The key project areas signaled so far are Workforce Housing, Pharmacy Access, and Tele-ED (tele-emergency care). Specific dollar shares by initiative are not yet public in the primary sources reviewed; the full breakdown will appear in Massachusetts's budget narrative and on the RHTP hub.
No source has yet tracked a live Massachusetts RHTP solicitation (RFP, NOFO, RFA, or award). As the state stands up its procurement track, opportunities and awards will surface first on the RHTP hub and in the activity log on this page.
No firm application windows or deadlines have been posted in the primary sources reviewed. Because all RHTP awardees face a hard federal obligation timeline for Year-1 funds, expect Massachusetts to post solicitations in the coming months. Live dates will surface first in the dispatches below and on the RHTP hub; the Governor's office also posts related news.
The Rural Health Transformation Program was created by Section 71401 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025) and is administered federally by CMS. Massachusetts administers its award under its CMS-approved project and budget narratives. No source confirms a Massachusetts-specific enabling statute or executive action from a primary source, and none is asserted here until it's documented.
Eligibility for RHTP funds generally runs on two tracks. Direct-to-state contracts go out as competitive RFPs, where firms bid as prime contractors. Subgrants and subawards flow to rural providers — hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, FQHCs, EMS agencies, pharmacies, and community organizations — where technology vendors and consultants most often engage as subcontractors or implementation partners rather than direct grantees. Massachusetts hasn't yet published its specific eligibility rules in the primary sources reviewed, so watch the hub for those details.
The best entry point today is to monitor the Massachusetts RHTP hub and reach the program contact, Kirby Lecy, at kirby.lecy@mass.gov.
Independent reference profile compiled and maintained by Civic Operator LLC from primary sources (CMS, Massachusetts .gov program and procurement pages, the Governor's newsroom) and the Rural Health Transformation Grant Tracker. Official-source data and dispatch links refresh nightly; profiles are regenerated weekly from the latest reporting and changes reviewed before publication. Last reviewed 2026-07-30. · Methodology & sources · All states