缅因州获联邦乡村医疗转型计划第二年1.9亿多美元拨款，将扩大社区医疗并提前区域规划
缅因州州长 Janet Mills 2026年11月11日宣布，联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）将向缅因州发放乡村医疗转型计划（RHTP）第二年拨款，金额为190,358,993.11美元，比第一年多35万美元。消息在州府 Augusta 公布，Augusta 位于缅因州肯纳贝克县。两年合计，该计划已给缅因州投入380,367,044.20美元。
第一年的钱已经全部投了出去，用在医疗人才培训、电子病历现代化和乡村医院效率提升上。第二年的重点换成扩大社区层面的服务并提前启动区域规划：给乡村社区加校内健康中心、增设移动医疗单元、把初级医疗嵌进行为健康诊所，同时继续招募和培训乡村医疗人员。
第二年还安排了几项新内容：推进远程医疗、把电子病历投资扩大到符合条件的县监狱、改善交通协调和医保办理协助，并提出让部落社区通过缅因州医疗补助（MaineCare）提供传统疗愈服务。
Mills 说，缅因人不论住在哪个邮编，都应该能获得高质量医疗，这笔钱要用来建一套能服务全州未来需求的乡村医疗体系。州卫生与公众服务厅长 Sara Gagné-Holmes 说，目标是把医疗送到离家更近的地方，区域规划提前启动，能让地方伙伴有更多时间摸清社区最缺什么服务。州 RHTP 主任 Kristen McAuley 和缅因医院协会会长 Jeffrey Austin 也都表态支持第二年的安排。
乡村医疗转型计划由联邦预算协调法案 H.R. 1 设立，该法案2025年7月4日签署成法。缅因州的计划围绕人口健康、医疗人才、技术与创新、就医可及性和可持续的乡村医疗生态五条线组织投资，申请得到了该州国会代表团四名成员的一致支持。
（来源：缅因州州长办公室）
Maine Wins More Than $190 Million in Year Two Rural Health Transformation Funding to Expand Community Care and Start Regional Planning Early
Maine Governor Janet Mills announced on November 11, 2026, that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will award Maine $190,358,993.11 in Year Two funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), a $350,000 increase over the first year. The announcement was made in Augusta, the state capital in Kennebec County, Maine. Across the two years, the programme has committed $380,367,044.20 to the state.
Year One funding is fully invested in health care workforce training, electronic medical record modernization and rural hospital efficiency. Year Two shifts the emphasis to expanding community-based services and accelerating regional planning: school-based health centers in rural communities, new mobile health units, and primary care integrated into behavioral health clinics, alongside continued recruitment and training of rural health workers.
The second year also advances telehealth, extends electronic medical record investment to eligible county jails, improves transportation coordination and coverage navigation, and proposes Tribal traditional healing services through MaineCare.
Mills said Maine people should have access to high-quality health care no matter their zip code, and that the state is building a rural health system for its future needs. Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Sara Gagné-Holmes said the goal is to bring care closer to home and that starting regional planning earlier gives local partners more time to identify needed services. RHTP Director Kristen McAuley and Maine Hospital Association President Jeffrey Austin both backed the Year Two priorities.
The RHTP was created within the federal budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, signed into law on July 4, 2025. Maine's programme organizes investment around five initiatives: population health, workforce, technology and innovation, access, and sustainable rural health ecosystems. The application was supported by all four members of the state's congressional delegation.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Maine)
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