On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded nearly $165 million to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in rural communities. These investments will support 1,779 small rural hospitals and provide additional funding to 14 HRSA-funded Telehealth Resource Centers to provide technical assistance on telehealth to help rural and underserved areas combat COVID-19. The California Department of Health Care Services is slated to receive $4,215,850 of this funding (click here for a full list of recipients.)
