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Healthcare Transformation Advisory (HTA) Launches Coalition to Support Providers with Expertise To Drive Rural Health Transformation Initiatives

National healthcare advisory firm draws on deep population health expertise and a proven 6-million-life track record to help providers modernize rural care systems.

DATELINE: HARTFORD, Conn. — July 14, 2026 — Healthcare Transformation Advisory (HTA), a premier advisory team composed of senior healthcare leaders, today announced a comprehensive initiative to support state Medicaid agencies, health systems, and rural clinics navigating the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). The RHTP directs $50 billion in federal funding to states from 2026 through 2030, making it one of the largest federal investments in rural healthcare in a generation.

HTA and Welldoc recognize that providers will need deep expertise and additional capabilities to scale and meet the health outcomes required by this initiative to retain funding. They will need these capabilities woven into their existing workflows so they do not add to providers’ burden. As states move through the multi-year evaluation periods overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HTA provides the specialized blueprint, local jurisdictional knowledge, and operational scale to bridge fragmented rural infrastructure into high-quality, compliant care systems that secure vital public funding. The timeline is tight. With chronic-condition prevalence and costs rising faster than rural systems can manage them, states have a narrow window to stand up qualifying programs and secure their share of RHTP funding before evaluation periods begin.

Healthcare Transformation Advisory is a team of senior healthcare leaders with firsthand experience building and leading population health organizations at scale across states, payers, providers, and innovators. As Medicare and Medicaid leaders, they have developed value-based care models with significant outcomes for rural America, including various population health management programs, such as maternity, doulas, chronic illness management, behavioral health, substance use program access, and social determinants of health supports like food insecurity and transportation. Health Transformation Advisory will help design the ecosystem for participants to coordinate, integrate, and engage toward better rural health outcomes.

Operating at the highest levels of healthcare, HTA’s advisors bring a grounded perspective shaped by real decisions and real accountability. The firm’s public sector and managed care credentials bring unmatched scale to the RHTP framework, including:

• National Footprint: Our executives have worked nationally across healthcare: including ACOs, Payers, Pharma, and Consulting with marquee brand such as CVS Aetna, PWC, Amerihealth Caritas, Elevance, The Lewin Group, and operated the largest provider group in ACO Reach with CMMI.
• Government-Sponsored Impact: Combined history of leading care management for 6 million government-funded lives, including:
  • 5 million Medicaid lives
  • 3 million Medicare (including Medicare FFS, MA, DSNP, and ISNP) lives
  • 100,000 Exchange lives
• Proven Innovation: A track record of driving $1.2 billion in medical savings  leading the nation’s largest ACO Reach provider network, and population health management for 20 million Commercial lives

To help states implement these complex rural care models, HTA uses Welldoc as a strategic technology partner. Welldoc’s evidence-based. AI-powered health technology platform serves as the scalable software infrastructure needed to drive continuous quality improvement, manage cardiometabolic health, including diabetes and obesity across populations, and capture the rigorous data tracking required for CMS public reporting. By embedding Welldoc’s technology into its operational blueprints, HTA enables understaffed rural care teams to deploy 24/7 digital coaching and patient stratification without adding local provider overhead.

HTA also recognizes Welldoc’s long history of collaborating with providers and offering care coordination tools that support integrated clinical workflows while also providing patients with a personalized, total health approach to managing their daily health. Welldoc has demonstrated  real-world outcomes for supporting A1C level reduction, weight loss, and acute event avoidance. Welldoc’s role in rural care builds on its standing with the federal health system, including recognition as a CMS Health Tech Ecosystem Early Adopter, selection for the CMS ACCESS Model, and listing in the Medicare App Library.

“We’re thrilled to continue our long-standing relationship with Welldoc.They share our passion for transforming health outcomes for all Americans, especially those who cannot easily access world class care.  Now we can bring that care to them, working alongside their local providers.” said Cassandra Toscano, CEO and Co-founder of Health Transformation Advisory.

“Transforming rural healthcare requires a delicate balance of local regulatory compliance and scalable execution,” said Todd Rynecki, Vice President, Health Plan Channel at Welldoc. “We are proud to support HTA as their digital health partner for these initiatives. By combining HTA’s deep operational expertise across millions of government-sponsored lives with Welldoc’s secure, integrated platform, states are uniquely positioned to protect their funding, support their clinical workforce, and deliver meaningful health equity to remote populations.”

About Healthcare Transformation Advisory (HTA)

HTA’s Principal Advisors are senior healthcare leaders with 110+ years of combined experience building, transforming, and leading organizations at scale across   payers, providers, and innovators. They have over $1.2 billion in medical total cost of care savings and have a national footprint.  HTA is an executive advisory for organizations ready to scale what works in healthcare. https://healthtransformationadvisory.com/our-services/rural-health/

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About Welldoc‍
Welldoc® is an AI-powered health technology leader committed to connecting people to better, more personalized care. The company’s digital health platform delivers a unified experience for individuals managing diabetes, obesity (including GLP-1 support), hypertension, heart failure, and complex comorbidities including diabetes in pregnancy, sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
The foundation of Welldoc’s solution is healthcare-ready AI, a purpose-built engine grounded in unmatched clinical rigor, with 11 FDA clearances, 67 patents, and more than 100 peer-reviewed publications demonstrating clinical effectiveness and safety. Learn more at www.welldoc.com.

Contact
HTA: contact@healthtransformationadvisory.com

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