$1B for rural health care coming to Tennessee
Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dunn speaks at the inaugural Innovation and Practice Conference at the Hilton Memphis hosted by the The Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence on April 21. (Steve Bohnel/The Daily Memphian)
Tennessee will have $1 billion to spend across dozens of its rural counties during the next five years as part of funding made available through the Rural Health Transformation Program.
It’s an unprecedented amount of funding, Leslie Meehan, director of special projects at the Tennessee Department of Health, told a crowd of more than 100 at the Hilton Memphis on Tuesday, April 21.
But the federal government is closely watching to make sure funding is budgeted by next fall, she said.
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Steve Bohnel
Steve Bohnel is a Temple University graduate, originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He’s worked at news organizations in Iowa, Maryland and Pittsburgh, covering local and state politics. He covers health care, transportation and logistics, public companies, banking and finance and technology. He is an avid traveler, an Everton F.C. and Philadelphia sports fan, and likes collecting records and biking around town.
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