Governor Kay Ivey approved the $203,404,327 in funding for Alabama’s first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) after receiving the state’s official award number from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Dec. 29, 2025.   The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) will be administering the federal funds for the five-year program, which seeks to improve the quality and accessibility of rural health care across the state.   “W