How to Use $50B in Rural Health Funding to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity Strategy

The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) — a five-year, $50 billion CMS initiative running through 2030 — is one of the few windows rural providers have to close that gap before it widens further. But navigating state-level funding, understanding what CMS actually wants to see, and turning grant dollars into a security posture that outlasts the program are challenges lean IT teams can't afford to get wrong.

Rural healthcare organizations are being squeezed from every direction: Medicaid cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill are projected to strip $155 billion from rural areas over the next decade, cyberattacks are increasingly AI-driven and harder to detect, and 75% of security jobs nationwide can't even be filled. Meanwhile, Black Book Research found that 73% of smaller hospitals report inadequate cybersecurity infrastructure, and 82% fall short of NIST Cybersecurity Framework standards.

Join us for a live session breaking down what RHTP really means for your organization's cybersecurity strategy — and how to access and apply the funding effectively before the window closes.

What you'll learn:

• How RHTP funding is being allocated and administered state by state, and what CMS's "Tech Innovation" goal means for cybersecurity spending
• Practical strategies for demonstrating measurable cybersecurity progress to CMS without hiring additional FTEs
• How to build a cybersecurity foundation now that survives the 2030 program sunset — and positions you for what comes next (including the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026 and Executive Order 14306)