Alabama expands RHTP awards to more than $199M in year one

Governor Kay Ivey announced 34 new Alabama RHTP grants totaling nearly $55 million, bringing first-year awards above $199 million. Projects target maternal-fetal care, EMS trauma and stroke response, treat-in-place, cancer regionalization, simulation, screening, telehealth, workforce, and rural hospitals; maternal-round details remain partly unpublished and stakeholders warn temporary funding will not resolve Medicaid and hospital-finance pressures.