Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25: RHTP Forum
This podcast series, "Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25: RHTP Forum" provides a comprehensive look at the multi-year, multi-million dollar strategy designed to revolutionize healthcare delivery across rural Oklahoma. Each episode explores a specific initiative from the Oklahoma Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), and provides a deep dive into revealing how the state plans to move from clinical fragmentation to a sustainable, value-based ecosystem over the next five years. Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25: RHTP Forum is essential listening for rural hospital administrators, independent primary care and behavioral health providers, and tribal health leaders who are navigating the state’s massive shift toward a sustainable, value-based ecosystem. This series is specifically designed for healthcare policy makers, community partners, and healthcare innovation experts eager to understand how Oklahoma is deploying substantial investment to bridge the "digital divide" through EHR expansion and HIE interoperability while addressing the state's 47th-place national health ranking. Whether you are a clinician looking for details on the practice enablement funds, a community leader interested in scaling evidence-based chronic disease models like the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI), or a stakeholder invested in the survival of Oklahoma's 88 rural hospitals, these episodes provide the tactical roadmap, funding specifics, and strategic insights necessary to lead through this five-year transformation. Join us as we journey to radically alter Oklahoma's rural healthcare trajectory and lead the nation in a one-in-a-generation transformative effort to deliver the healthcare access and quality Oklahomans deserve!
Episodes
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Forum podcast. This is a production of the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Task Force. An independent, Oklahoma-led collaborative focused on turning one of the most significant rural health investments in our state's history into real, measurable outcomes for our communities.
In this episode we take a Deep Dive into the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), moving beyond headlines to e...
Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This episode delivers a focused, practical deep dive into the Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) Development Initiative, the single largest investment in Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program: an approximately $212.7 million, five-year initiative designed to solve the structural fragmentation threatening rural hospitals and clinics.
In this episode we explain what the C...
In this episode we take a deep dive into Oklahoma's Rural Regional Reorientation Plan—the centerpiece of the Rural Health Transformation Program—explaining why the state is committing $176,060,000 across FY2026–FY2031 to remake rural care delivery. Hosts and guests including state health officials, RHTP task force members, regional hospital leaders and policy experts unpack the scope of the crisis driving the effort (1.58 million r...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This podcast is a production of the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Task Force, an independent Oklahoma-led collaborative focused on turning one of the most significant rural health investments in our state's history into real, measurable outcomes for our communities. This podcast moves beyond headlines and funding announcements to provide clear, practical insight into what the Rura...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHDP podcast. This podcast is a production of the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHDP Task Force, an independent Oklahoma-led collaborative focused on turning one of the most significant rural health investments in our state's history into real, miserable outcomes for our communities. This podcast moves beyond headlines and funding announcements to provide clear, practical insight into what the Rural...
In this detailed episode we unpack Oklahoma’s Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CDPM) program — a $39,450,000, five‑year investment (FY2026–FY2031) led by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) as part of the Rural Health Transformation Programs (RHTP) Moving Upstream strategy. We trace how the initiative aims to shift care from reactive, high‑cost interventions to prevention and early management across all rural c...
In this episode of the RHTP podcast hosts unpack the Primary Care Provider Clinical Extension Models — a five‑year, $37+ million initiative designed to solve the operational capacity crisis in rural primary care. We walk through the program’s strategic rationale, its high‑risk Medicaid and dual‑eligible focus, and why OHCA is the lead agency driving a plan explicitly tied to value‑based care performance.
The conversation explains w...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 RHTP podcast. In this Deep Dive episode, hosts and policy experts from the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP Task Force unpack the practice enablement support profile that sits at the heart of Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program: a $32,050,000, five-year investment to shift rural primary care from fee-for-service to value-based care.
Topics covered include the program’s purpose and scope (150–2...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we take a deep dive into the EHR Expansion Initiative—the foundational $44.88 million, multi-year investment in certified electronic health records that the Oklahoma Healthcare Authority (OHCA) and the Oklahoma State Health Information Network Exchange (OKSHINE) are coordinating to close the state’s rural digital divide.
Topics covered include the initiative’s goa...
In this episode of the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. Today we take a deep dive into the Building Health Data Utility pillar of the Oklahoma Rural Health Transformation Program — specifically the $29,210,000 Health Information Exchange (HIE) interoperability initiative led by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority through its OKShine office. Covering all 77 counties and deployed across FY2026–FY2030, the initiative is presented ...
Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode Dr. Booth and guests from the Oklahoma RISE 25 and the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) take a deep dive into the Consumer‑Facing Technology for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management and Behavioral Health Initiative — a nearly $16 million, five‑year effort to meet rural Oklahomans where they already are: on their phones.
We explain the initiative’s s...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we take a deep dive into the Community Health Worker (CHW) Expansion in Hospitals Initiative — a five-year, $10.8 million Rural Health Transformation Program investment designed to hire, train, and deploy 30 hospital-based CHWs across rural Oklahoma.
You hosts conferred with RHTP Task Force experts and policy strategists to unpack why this program is far more than...
Oklahoma RHTP Talent Growth: Building Rural Residency Pipelines for Surgery, Psychiatry & Obstetrics
This episode takes a deep dive into the Rural Residency Programs Initiative — a strategic $54.98 million, five‑year investment led by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) to establish six new rural residency programs in three high‑need specialties: surgery, psychiatry, and obstetrics & gynecology (OB‑GYN).
The conversation covers the evidence base driving the strategy (physicians who train in rural settings are roughl...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we take a deep operational dive into the Expanding Care Community Paramedicine (CP) Initiative — a $31,475,000, five-year investment aimed at transforming rural access to care across 59 Oklahoma counties.
Hosts unpack the initiative's design and goals: rapidly scale a new community paramedicine workforce (training 60+ CPs per year to create 300+ practitioners), de...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the Integrated Data and Analytics Initiative — the central, mission-critical component of Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). The hosts walk listeners through the strategy, funding, and operational priorities behind this effort.
The conversation explains what the initiative is designed to do: transform MyHealth (the sta...
Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This episode takes a deep dive into the centralized EMS initiative—a $20.1 million, statewide investment designed to reshape regional collaboration and emergency response across rural Oklahoma.
In this episode, the hosts explain why fragmentation in emergency medical services is the core operational problem and why a single unified communications and logistics platform is central...
Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This podcast is a production of the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP Task Force, an independent Oklahoma-led collaborative focused on turning one of the most significant rural health investments in our state's history into real, measurable outcomes for our communities. This podcast moves beyond headlines and funding announcements to provide clear, practical insight into what the Rura...
Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode, the hosts lead a focused, operational conversation about the Transportation Expansion Initiative—the $10,818,000, five‑year investment designed to be the foundational enabler of Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).
We unpack why transportation is not a logistics afterthought but the access layer that determines whether all other RHTP investments...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 RHTP podcast. This episode takes a deep dive the Community-Led Wellness Hub microgrants. We unpack the program’s purpose, funding structure, eligibility, and how this targeted capital aims to solve a specific market failure in rural Oklahoma.
Topics covered include the initiative’s budget and timeline ($10.75 million total: $10 million in direct microgrants spread as $2 million per year for fiv...
Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we undertake a deep dive into the comprehensive profile for Oklahoma’s Lung Cancer Screening Program — a $10.5 million, six‑year initiative (FY2026–FY2031) positioned inside the RHTP "moving upstream" pillar to prioritize prevention, early detection, and sustainable rural access.
Topics covered: why lung cancer is an urgent priority in Oklahoma (state incidence 63.7/100,...
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