Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the state has been awarded funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The state’s innovative proposal, Healthy Hometowns, will receive $209 million for the first year of implementation. Healthy Hometowns is a plan to strengthen health care in rural communities by making care more accessible, connected and patient focused. Healthy Hometowns includes five key initiatives: building partnerships to expand health care options in rural areas; improving cancer prevention, treatment and outcomes; supporting projects that bring different types of providers together under one roof; making health records accessible across the state so patients can get care wherever they are; and investing in telehealth and mobile health care programs, including high-risk maternal transport.
Also in Iowa, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Medicaid posted the following: INFORMATIONAL LETTER [IL] NO. 2710-MC-FFS-D RE: Pharmacy 90-Day Supply Requirement – AMENDED, effective December 1, 2025. This letter serves as an amendment to IL-2710. Published on November 14, 2025. The update includes excluding the Indian Health Service providers from the 90-supply requirement. The effective date of the informational letter remains the same.
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