Currently open Maine Rural Health Transformation Program grant. Maine DHHS implementation partner MCD Global Health invites Home Health Agencies and Healthcare Organizations to apply for the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Grant covering adult chronic disease and perinatal conditions. This program supports clinical organizations adopting standardized patient-enrollment, connected-monitoring, follow-up and care-coordination workflows.
Application window and funding
Opens: October 5, 2026. Closes: November 2, 2026. The accessible administrator listing does not specify a clock time or time zone. It also does not reproduce the individual applicant funding ceiling or total funding available for this solicitation. MCD’s October 5 FAQ says the actual solicitation contains its own award ceiling and budget template; applicants should use the portal rather than treating the larger statewide RHTP allocation as available to one applicant.
Who is eligible
Eligible applicants are organizations that deliver clinical services in Maine and can identify, enroll, educate, engage and support patients participating in RPM. Participating providers must integrate RPM with existing clinical, care coordination, referral, documentation, reimbursement and follow-up workflows; capture utilization, outcomes and quality metrics; and meet applicable payer, privacy, security, evaluation and reporting requirements. Preferences may apply to organizations serving rural, underserved, uninsured or MaineCare populations. Potential clinical settings include primary care, home health, FQHCs, rural clinics and hospitals, subject to the controlling application.
Program activities and key restrictions
The grant addresses adult hypertension, heart failure and other high-risk chronic conditions, as well as pregnancy-related hypertension and perinatal monitoring. It seeks earlier detection, improved engagement, better continuity of care and fewer avoidable hospital encounters. The MCD FAQ emphasizes that federal RHTP funding cannot replace existing payments or cover services reimbursable by another payer without specific approval; project expenses must be reasonable, necessary and documented. Applicants must check the solicitation’s exact permitted and excluded costs, matching terms, budget template, and submission prerequisites.
Grant versus procurement: This participating-clinical-site RFA is expressly classified as a Grant. The separate RPM technology provider’s Partner Service Agreement is a procurement contract, not this grant. Application must be submitted through the portal, not by emailing MCD.
Official administrator: MCD Maine RHTP Digital Health Projects and current solicitation dates. Application: Remote Patient Monitoring — Home Health Agencies and Healthcare Organizations. Official FAQ: MCD Digital Health FAQs, updated October 5, 2026. Reviewed October 10, 2026. The controlling interactive application supplies final award limits, budget and application requirements.