The Trump Administration announced a $58 million investment in Hawaii's healthcare infrastructure through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The funding will be divided between two initiatives. The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine will receive $45 million to administer workforce development programs through the Hawaii Outreach for Medical Education in Rural Under-resourced Neighborhoods (HOME RUN) initiative. An additional $13 million will go to the Hawaii Department of Health to acquire new ambulances for each county and upgrade emergency communications systems.
The investment was authorized through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which Congress passed to deliver healthcare funding to states for transformation efforts.
Gov. Josh Green said the $58 million investment would help "train and retain more healthcare professionals, provide new ambulances in every county and modernize emergency communications."