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Readout: CMS Convenes First Rural Health Transformation Summit to Advance State-Led Innovation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a new $50 billion program aimed at improving healthcare in rural areas. This initiative, called the Rural Health Transformation Program, will help states enhance their rural health systems, increase access to care, and manage chronic di...
CMS Marks Milestone in Expanding Patient-Centered Innovation with Substance Access Beneficiary Engagement Incentive
Starting April 1, 2026, certain healthcare organizations can offer a new incentive that allows doctors to include eligible hemp-derived products in patient care plans. This initiative, called the Substance Access Beneficiary Engagement Incentive (BEI), is part of a broader effort by the Centers for ...
Program Year (PY) 2026 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Allotments; PY 2026 Title III Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Allotments and PY 2026 Workforce Information Grants
The announcement details funding amounts for various workforce programs for the year 2026. This includes money for youth, adult, and dislocated worker programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), as well as funds for employment services and workforce information grants. Insura...