Greenville, South Carolina — October 7, 2025 — Pathroot Health, a leader in AI-powered digital health, today announced a nationwide effort to help state agencies plan, write, and deliver competitive applications for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program. The $50 billion initiative aims to strengthen chronic disease management, expand access, bolster behavioral health, and accelerate technology adoption across rural America.

Under the RHT grant, each state can access $500 million in base funding ($100M year for 5 years) and compete for an additional $500 million by demonstrating credible plans for chronic disease management, sustainable access, workforce development, and innovative, technology-enabled care. Pathroot is supporting state Medicaid leaders and RHT workgroups to improve funding scores and deploy sustainable, measurable models of care.

“Delivering quality care in rural communities is harder than ever. CMS’s RHT program is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform that,” said Carolyn Bradfield, CEO of Pathroot Health. “We’re working with state leaders to design scalable solutions that deliver measurable impact in addiction care, chronic disease management, and workforce development.”

How Pathroot Strengthens RHT Proposals

Pathroot provides application-ready, vendor-neutral language and a proven platform that states can leverage to raise their competitiveness with CMS reviewers. Areas of support include:

• Chronic Disease Management & Family Portal — A centralized, mobile-first hub that equips families and caregivers to support loved ones living with addiction, COPD, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s and dementia, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes.
• Rural Provider Enablement — Seamless integration with primary care, FQHCs, RHCs, and community-based providers to coordinate care and data-sharing.

• Workforce Development — Online micro-lessons, certifications, job aids, and continuing education for clinicians, pharmacists, EMTs, NPs, and CHWs.

Pathroot’s HIPAA-compliant enterprise platform integrates telehealth, EMRs, and state data systems to power predictive analytics and outcomes reporting. The platform’s modular, white-label design helps states deploy quickly and at scale.

Live Briefing – October 8

Pathroot hosted a live stream on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 1:00 PM ET to explain the RHT program, outline application strategies, and show how advocates can engage state workgroups. View the recording here: Pathroot Live