Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Monday $32 million in funding for rural hospitals, workforce, veterans and telehealth to increase access to healthcare for Americans living in rural areas. The funds reach across seven programs administered by the Office of Rural Health Policy in HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The Colorado Rural Health Center received $566,000, which will go to supporting Critical Access Hospitals and HIT implementation. Another Colorado facility, Plains Medical Center in Limon, also received a grant of $199,897 for rural health workforce development.
Lists of awards from HRSA’s 2010 appropriation can be found here.
