{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-marshall-applauds-nearly-17-million-in-new-cms-funding-for-rural-kansas/", "Senator Marshall Applauds Nearly $17 Million in New CMS Funding for Rural Kansas", "2026-09-14", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Roger Marshall", "M001198", "www.marshall.senate.gov", "marshall", "https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington \u2013 U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), applauded today\u2019s announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of nearly $17 million in new federal funding to strengthen rural healthcare across Kansas through the Rural Health Transformation Program.\n\nAs part of today\u2019s announcement, $16 million will be allocated to Emerging Technology Grants to help 14 rural providers adopt technologies like diagnostic tools and remote patient monitoring. An additional $780,000 will support the Interfacility Transport Project to improve regional transportation coordination, helping rural patients safely reach specialty and behavioral healthcare faster. These investments build on the more than $80 million in RHTP funding previously announced to strengthen rural healthcare across Kansas, including support for prevention and chronic disease management, healthcare workforce recruitment and development, technology and infrastructure upgrades, and nutrition-focused initiatives.\n\n\u201cTechnology is playing a bigger and bigger role in the future of rural health care,\u201d said Senator Marshall.\u201cTelemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and new diagnostic tools can help our rural doctors and nurses deliver more care close to home, while better transportation helps patients who still have to travel hours to see a specialist. I\u2019m thrilled CMS is working with Kansas to make sure these Rural Health Transformation dollars are making a real difference in our rural communities.\u201d\n\nThe investment was made possible through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act \u2014 passed by Republicans in Congress and unanimously opposed by Democrats \u2014 delivering a historic $50 billion investment to help states transform the way healthcare is delivered in America.\n\nToday\u2019s announcement is one part of the larger overall funding amount awarded to Kansas for fiscal year 2026.\n\nProjects supported by this funding include:\n\nAdvancing technology-enabled healthcare: Expanding telehealth, remote patient monitoring, data analytics, and emerging technologies, including new awards supporting diagnostic, surgical, AI-enabled, and assistive technologies across rural Kansas.\n\nStrengthening prevention and chronic disease management: Supporting earlier screening and community-based prevention to improve health outcomes and reduce preventable hospitalizations.\n\nBuilding a sustainable rural healthcare workforce: Investing in recruitment, training, career pathways, and retention strategies to strengthen the pipeline of healthcare professionals serving rural communities.\n\nImproving access to rural healthcare: Strengthening local providers, regional partnerships, and innovative care models, including new interfacility transportation projects to help patients reach needed care more quickly.\n\nFor more information, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-15T09:50:21Z", "2026-09-15T09:52:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-marshall-applauds-nearly-17-million-in-new-cms-funding-for-rural-kansas/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5088100917637348, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}