Optional letter of intent on applying for CMS rural health fund due Sept. 30 

States have until Sept. 30 to submit an optional letter of intent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicating they plan to apply to the Rural Health Transformation Program. The notice was included as part of the application materials released Sept. 15. CMS said it would use the information in the letter to “determine the amount of funding available to each recipient and guage [sic] interest in the program.”