Aceso Partners with Providers to Respond to CMS Rural Health Transformation Grant Process

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RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION GRANT:

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND TRANSFORM THE PATIENT ROOM EXPERIENCE

The CMS Rural Health Transformation Program is a $50B initiative focused on improving access, sustainability, workforce, and innovation in rural healthcare delivery. Soon, CMS will award grants based on clear strategies that are focused on the priorities outlined below.

Aceso offers innovative solutions that support the priorities of the Rural Health Transformation program and delivers technology and solutions that streamline care and the patient experience. Below are the CMS priorities, and associated Aceso benefits:

CMS Priority: Improve Access to Care & Health Outcomes

  • Expand access to care in rural communities
  • Improve patient outcomes and preventive care
  • Address gaps in chronic disease, behavioral health, and maternal care

Aceso Delivers:

  • Virtual Care Integration: enables remote consults, virtual nursing, and specialist access
  • Patient Access: Aceso Sphere delivers education, engagement, and care plan visibility

Clinical and Operational Impact: Extends access via virtual care capabilities. Intelligent interaction with automated services streamlines workflow, transitions of care, and patient education. All leading to better outcomes.

CMS Priority: Sustainable Access & Hospital Viability

  • Improve financial sustainability of rural providers
  • Increase efficiency and reduce operational burden
  • Maintain rural hospitals as long-term access points

Aceso Delivers:

  • Operations Sphere automates service requests, discharge workflows, and throughput
  • Digital command center patient room reduces delays and improves bed utilization
  • Workflow automation reduces manual coordination and labor inefficiencies

Clinical and Operational Impact: Helps rural hospitals do more with limited staff and resources

CMS Priority: Workforce Development & Support

  • Address workforce shortages
  • Improve recruitment and retention
  • Reduce clinician burden

Aceso Delivers:

  • Virtual nursing capabilities extend clinical capacity
  • Clinical Sphere improves communication and reduces administrative burden

Clinical and Operational Impact: Enables care teams to operate at the top of license despite staffing constraints. Intelligent tools create more time for the work only humans can do.

CMS Priority: Innovative Care Models

  • Test new care delivery models
  • Advance value-based care
  • Improve coordination across care settings

Aceso Delivers:

  • System of Action platform connects patients, clinicians, and operations in real time
  • Integrated patient room supports hybrid care (in-person + virtual)
  • Care coordination tools enable seamless transitions and discharge readiness

Clinical and Operational Impact: Aceso Sphere supports new models like hospital-at-home, virtual rounding, and hybrid care delivery

CMS Priority: Technology & Infrastructure Modernization

  • Invest in digital health infrastructure
  • Enable technology adoption in rural hospitals
  • Improve data sharing and connectivity

Aceso Delivers:

  • Aceso Sphere platform integrates with EHRs and existing hospital systems
  • Real-time dashboards provide visibility into care plans and operations
  • Scalable, device-agnostic deployment (TV, mobile, tablet) reduces infrastructure burden

Clinical and Operational Impact: Brings enterprise-grade digital capabilities to resource-constrained environments

CMS Priority: Regional Collaboration & Partnerships

  • Strengthen partnerships across providers and communities
  • Promote coordinated regional care delivery

Aceso Delivers:

  • Unified platform across care settings supports system-wide standardization
  • Digital communication tools connect patients, families, and distributed care teams
  • Enables hub-and-spoke models with centralized virtual care resources

Clinical and Operational Impact: Supports regional health systems and efficient virtual communication strategies across geographies and facilities

Aceso aligns strongly with CMS priorities because it:

  • Does not require costly capital or operating expense.
  • Enables scalable digital transformation at the bedside.
  • Supports workforce extension through virtual care.
  • Improves both patient experience and operational efficiency.

 

Contact Aceso today to learn more about how we’re transforming care.

 

Email: Contact@Aceso.com