Vermont receives $190M in the second year of federal rural health awards

The Gifford Medical Center in Randolph seen on Monday, November 2, 2026. VTDIGGER Vermont receives $190M in the second year of federal rural health awards The second installment of the five-year program aims to continue the work already in motion, which some lawmakers have raised concerns over. Olivia Gieger Olivia Gieger VTDigger Published November 12, 2026 - 11:00 a.m. Vermont is set to receive nearly $190 million in 2027 from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the second year of the federal rural healthcare transformation program. In 2026, CMS awarded Vermont $195 million, which the state has just finished awarding to more than 200 projects statewide. The second year of the five-year program is expected to look a lot like the first, according to Vermont’s Medicaid and health systems director, Jill Mazza Olson, who oversees the project in the state.

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