Nebraska

Nebraska DHHS announced an intent to award a rural health workforce incentive and sustainability grant to The Well NE under RHTP Initiative 3.3. Several applicants did not meet eligibility criteria. No financial details are provided in this announcement. Key contacts: dhhs.snapeandtprovider@nebraska.gov Event schedule: - Intent to Award Notification - 6/15/2026

This document lists the individual hospitals in Nebraska receiving funding as part of the Nebraska High Value Network collaborative network. One hospital (Brodstone Healthcare) is noted as having been awarded individually and thus not being awarded over the network maximum. Event schedule: - Department of Health and Human Services RHTP Initiative 4.4b Awards 06/10/2026 Initiative 4.4b – Remote Patient Monitoring in Facilities and at Home Period of Performance: May 20, 2026, through May 19, 2027 DHHS appreciates all applicants for their interest and commitment to advancing rural health in Nebraska. These funds are part of a five-year grant program. Additional funding opportunities may be available in the years ahead to continue building partnerships and expanding impact across the state. The following have been selected for award for the Request for Application which closed April 24, 2026. Applicant Award Amount Antelope Memorial Hospital $ 778,897.18 Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center $ 278,684.02 Box Butte General Hospital $ 200,000.00 CHI Good Samaritan/CHI St. Francis $ 430,601.57 CHI Health Plainview $ 355,311.03 CHI Health Schuyler $ 711,629.63 CHI St. Mary’s $ 908,475.54 Chase County Community Hospital $ 195,523.20 Faith Health $ 578,673.70 Genoa Health Center $ 200,000.00 Good Neighbor Community Health Center $ 303,276.49 Heartland Health Center $ 199,950.00 Jefferson Community Health & Life $ 446,741.33 Johnson County Hospital $ 393,220.57 Mary Lanning Healthcare $ 460,239.40 Methodist Fremont Health $ 334,176.13 Midtown Health Center $ 221,239.63 Nebraska High Value Network^ $ 18,156,856.12 OneWorld Community Health Centers $ 395,048.53 Pawnee County Memorial Hospital $ 479,692.57 Providence Medical Center $ 311,698.70 Regional West Medical Center $ 736,148.14 Syracuse Area Health $ 200,000.00 Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System $ 414,693.75 The Rural Health Transformation Program is supported by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $218,529,075.01 with 100 percent funded by CMS/US HHS. The contents are those of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CMS/US HHS, or the U.S. Government. - pg. 1 - ^Nebraska High Value Network is a collaborative network. The list of individual hospitals receiving funding as of the time of this notice follows. Boone County Health Center — Albion Jefferson Community Health and Life — Fairbury Brodstone Healthcare — Superior (will not be awarded over the maximum allowable Brown County Hospital — Ainsworth amount, as they were awarded individually) Butler County Health Care Center — David City Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center — Callaway District Hospital — Callaway Broken Bow Cherry County Hospital — Valentine Lexington Regional Health Center — Lexington Cozad Community Health System — Cozad Memorial Community Health — Aurora Fillmore County Hospital — Geneva Memorial Health Care Systems — Seward Franciscan Healthcare — West Point Sidney Regional Medical Center — Sidney Gothenburg Health — Gothenburg Tri Valley Health System — Cambridge Harlan County Health System — Alma Valley County Health System — Ord Howard County Medical Center — St. Paul York General Health Care Services — York | pg. 2

Nebraska is offering $2,234,048 in federal RHTP grants to rural and frontier schools for kitchen modernization and equipment that supports healthier meal preparation. The program targets increased scratch-cooking, elevated nutrition quality, and local protein use, aiming for measurable reductions in highly processed foods and higher school meal participation. Applications are prioritized for underserved, high-poverty, and food desert areas and are awarded on a rolling basis through summer 2026. Key contacts: Kayte Partch Kayte.Partch@nebraska.gov Event schedule: - Application window opens - 05/28/2026 - Application due date - 08/31/2026 - Period of performance begins - 06/01/2026 - Liquidation/funds spent by date - 06/30/2027

This document provides a comprehensive set of quality performance measures for Medicaid managed care organizations, including targets for claims processing, encounter submission, screening, and chronic disease management. It emphasizes improving health outcomes across key priority areas such as maternal health, chronic illness, and substance use disorder treatment. Event schedule: - Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD): Percentage of deliveries of live births on or between of the year prior to the measurement year and October 7 of the measurement year that had a postpartum visit on or between seven (7) and eighty-four (84) days after delivery. - October 8 - 76.4% - Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Timeliness of Prenatal Care (PPC-CH): Percentage of deliveries of live births on or between of the year prior to the measurement year and October7 of the measurement year that received a prenatal care visit in the first trimester, on or before the enrollment start date or within forty-two (42) days of enrollment in Medicaid/CHIP. - October 8 - 81.51%

This document serves as the official work plan and budget justification template for Nebraska RHTP Initiative 3.2 applications, guiding applicants to detail objectives, outputs, responsible parties, and link budgets to project activities. The program is part of Nebraska's statewide Rural Health Transformation initiative to strengthen the rural health workforce and technical capacity. No award amounts or recipients are included—this is a planning and application-support document. Key contacts: DHHS.EMSTraumaProgram@nebraska.gov