# Provider-to-Provider Specialty Consultations: Synchronous and Asynchronous Solutions - Primary Care Organizations

The Maine Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) is implementing a statewide asynchronous provider-to-provider electronic consultation (e-Consult) program enabling rural primary care providers to securely submit patient-specific clinical questions to specialists for store-and-forward review and recommendations, improving specialty access while keeping patients with their local providers. RHTP is also implementing a statewide synchronous provider-to-provider consultation program ('curbside consults') letting rural primary care providers connect with specialists in real time via secure telehealth, without requiring patient travel or a wait for a specialty appointment. This solicitation (RFA_Async-Sync-P2P_Partner Sites_2026_Y1_01) targets primary care organizations. Anticipated award type: Fixed Amount Award, up to $15,000 per award (ceiling); multiple awards may be issued.

## Key facts

- Status: Closed
- Type: GRANT
- Issued by: MCD Global Health (administered for Maine RHTP, supported by CMS/HHS) (Maine)
- Posted: 2026-10-05
- Application due: 2026-11-10
- Funding: $15,000
- Eligible applicants: Primary Care Organizations
- How to apply: Online application via the WizeHive portal at https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/organization/opportunities
- Funding source: Rural Health Transformation Program (CMS)
- Official source: https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/program/provider-to-provider-specialty-consultations-synchronous-and-asynchronous-solutions---primary-care-organizations/applicant/application/intake/1CfjbGtheuG6voUG9uXfSW?cycleId=1CfjbGs3Wvb5yR7N7Cd7rv

## Eligibility

Open to primary care organizations serving rural Maine. The live application portal includes an interactive Eligibility Check survey; detailed checklist criteria were not captured from a static page and should be verified via that survey before applying.

## Application package and source documents

- [ME - 2026 - Supporting Document for Provider-to-Provider Specialty Consultations and Remote Patient Monitoring Grants (Application Portal — Provider-to-Provider Specialty Consultations)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/0733190c-67cf-4391-85cc-dd9192727d3d/file) — official: https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/program/provider-to-provider-specialty-consultations-synchronous-and-asynchronous-solutions---primary-care-organizations/applicant/application/intake/1CfjbGtheuG6voUG9uXfSW?cycleId=1CfjbGs3Wvb5yR7N7Cd7rv
- [ME - 2026 - digital health (Official MCD Maine RHTP Digital Health Program Page)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/eff65598-7c54-4246-848e-9ccb52025592/file) — official: https://www.mcd.org/focus-areas/maine-rhtp/digital-health
- [ME - 2026 - Provider-to-Provider Specialty Consultations — Application Portal (RFA budget evidence (live portal, 2026-10-10))](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/d16c447d-7b1f-46e8-8f04-92d5360274d3/file) (primary) — official: https://maine-rhtp-technology-innovation-funding-opportunities.wizehive.app/program/provider-to-provider-specialty-consultations-synchronous-and-asynchronous-solutions---primary-care-organizations/applicant/application/info?cycleId=1CfjbGs3Wvb5yR7N7Cd7rv

More Maine RHTP activity: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/me (markdown: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/me.md)

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Source: Rural Care Journey (RCJ), https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/opportunities/provider-to-provider-specialty-consultations-synchronous-and-asynchronous-soluti--a1cb412663 — data as of 2026-11-03.
Cite the RCJ page for the summary and the linked official source for authoritative terms, deadlines, and amounts.