Your State Has $200M+ in RHTP Funds. The Technology Strategy Is the Hard Part.
Provider application windows are opening now. States want organizations that show up with a concrete technology plan — not a vague paragraph about telehealth. This workshop builds that plan.
Every state has received its RHTP award. All 50 are now building processes to distribute funds to providers. Technology and innovation is in scope across all 50 state plans — and states are expecting providers to define their own technology strategy, build a needs assessment, and connect it to their state's RHTP initiatives.
The state funds it. The provider defines it.
The organizations that have a strategy ready when the application window opens will be in a stronger position than those scrambling to put one together under deadline. Whether your biggest challenge is a 15-year-old EHR, unreliable broadband, or figuring out whether AI tools make sense for your workflows — the RHTP application will ask you to be specific about what you need and why.
What States Are Looking For
Concrete technology plan
Needs assessment tied to workflows
Connection to state RHTP initiatives
Specific, fundable narrative
The Workshop
A Working Session. Real Deliverables. Your Strategy.
This is a cohort workshop for 3–4 RHTP-eligible organizations. You share the room. You leave with your own deliverables. In-person cohorts run a full day. Virtual cohorts can be structured as half-day sessions for smaller organizations where closing for a full day isn't realistic.
Who's in the Room
Whoever owns the RHTP process and technology decisions — CEO, clinic director, tribal health executive, CFO, or operations lead. One person or a small team. Either works.
Where We Start
Where you are. Reliable connectivity and a functioning EHR? We start there. Already connected and ready to evaluate AI-enabled tools? We go there. Built around your actual capacity, not an idealized version of it.
Peer Learning
You're in the room with peer organizations from your state or region facing the same RHTP questions. The shared learning is part of the value. The deliverables are specific to your organization.
Deliverables
What You Leave With
Four deliverables. The goal across all deliverables is a fundable technology strategy that positions your organization to receive RHTP technology funds. Not a report that sits in a drawer. A plan your team can execute and your state can fund.
1
Prioritized Technology Use Case Map
Specific to your organization. Ranked by impact and feasibility for your size and infrastructure. Mapped to what RHTP funds can actually support — from EHR upgrades and broadband to telehealth, clinical decision support, and AI-enabled tools.
2
Vendor Evaluation Framework
A repeatable, right-sized way to assess technology tools, partnerships, and build-vs-buy decisions. A one-page decision guide for a 7-person clinic. A structured procurement framework for a 200-person organization. Your team isn't starting from scratch every time a vendor calls.
3
RHTP Funding Narrative Draft
A structured draft connecting your technology strategy to your state's RHTP initiatives. Delivered within five business days of the workshop. Written in the language that moves an application forward.
4
Ongoing Support
Workshop alumni join quarterly RHTP implementation calls with cohort participants from your state or region, plus monthly strategy updates covering policy changes, implementation patterns, and stage-specific guidance. The relationship doesn't end when the workshop does.
Who This Is For
The Right Organizations
Rural Health Clinics
Evaluating technology investments for the first time.
Behavioral Health Organizations
With direct RHTP eligibility, including CCBHCs and SUD treatment facilities.
Critical Access Hospitals
Navigating RHTP technology planning for the first time or building on existing infrastructure.
Tribal Health Organizations
With RHTP eligibility and operational accountability — single-clinic programs or multi-site organizations serving multiple communities.
Federally Qualified Health Centers
Serving rural and underserved populations with RHTP-eligible technology needs.
The Right People in the Room
Whoever has operational accountability and decision-making authority over what your organization proposes for RHTP and how you allocate the funds.
At a 200-person tribal health org, that might be the CEO and CIO. At a 7-person Rural Health Clinic, that might be the clinic director. Both belong here.
Not the Right Fit
Large health systems with internal strategy teams
Organizations not pursuing RHTP technology funds
Vendor companies looking for sales leads — this is for providers
Tribal Health
A Note for Tribal Health Organizations
Tribal health organizations operate within unique governance structures — tribal councils, IHS compacting and contracting relationships, and government-to-government dynamics that don't apply to other provider types. This workshop is designed to accommodate those processes, including presenting to tribal councils or boards if needed.
If your organization has questions about how this workshop fits within your tribal governance structure, we're happy to discuss that on a call before you commit.
Governance-Aware Design
Tribal council presentation support
IHS compacting and contracting context
Government-to-government dynamics respected
About
Who Is Arvita
Arvita Tripati has been tracking RHTP implementation across all 50 states since the program was created — attending state-level implementation events where officials described exactly what they expect from providers in the technology section of their applications. She is an NRHA member and active in the rural health community.
Her background is 19 years inside health technology companies, including VP-level roles at five companies spanning cardiac AI, cell therapy supply chain, clinical workflow automation, FDA-authorized diagnostics, and clinical trial technology. She has launched 30+ regulated products and worked directly with enterprise buyers at health systems and payers who evaluate and adopt these tools.
She brings that technology expertise to rural and tribal health organizations evaluating technology for the first time or making their first major RHTP-funded investment. The goal is not to sell technology. It's to help your organization figure out what you actually need, build the case for it, and write the narrative that connects it to funding.
Federal grant experience includes SBIR funding and university-partnered research through the University of Michigan.
This program is new. First cohorts are forming in Alaska and Northern California for summer 2026 — built to serve organizations that don't usually get this kind of strategic support.
Investment
Pricing
Cohort Workshop
$5,000 per organization
3–4 organizations. Full-day in-person or full/half-day virtual. All four deliverables included. Quarterly regional calls and monthly updates included.
Individual Workshop
$15,000 (up to 8 people) $18,000 (up to 20 people)
Same deliverables. Dedicated to your organization only.
30-Day Strategy Sprint
$8,000 – $10,000
Optional add-on. Takes your RHTP funding narrative from draft to submission-ready — polished application with budget justification, implementation timeline, and measurement framework.
How This Connects to RHTP Funding
$5K → $200K to $2M+
Spend $5,000 on a technology strategy that positions your organization to access $200,000 to $2,000,000+ in RHTP technology funds over the life of the program. That's the case to make to your board, your CFO, or your tribal council.
RHTP explicitly allows states to fund technical assistance, planning, and capacity-building for technology adoption. In states where RHTP planning funds have begun flowing to providers, this type of engagement may qualify as an eligible expense. The investment positions you to access RHTP technology funds that are 40 to 400 times the cost of the workshop.
Funders & Associations
For Funders, Foundations, and Associations
If you fund rural health organizations or represent a membership of rural providers, there's a different conversation for you.
Foundations
Sponsor cohort slots for 5–10 organizations at a time. Bundled packages available for foundations sponsoring multiple organizations through the full RHTP planning cycle (workshop + strategy sprint + ongoing support).
State Primary Care & Rural Health Associations
Co-host cohorts for your members with shared logistics. Incorporate workshops into your RHTP technical assistance offerings.
Tribal Health Consortia
Integrate workshops into technical assistance for member organizations. Structured to accommodate tribal governance and decision-making processes.
If your grantees or members are struggling with the technology section of their RHTP applications, this is a structured way to solve that problem across multiple organizations at once. Contact Arvita to discuss pricing for bundled sponsorship.
Availability
Current Scheduling — 2026
1
California
In-person — Northern CA and Central Valley.
2
Hawaii
June 2026 — In-person, Big Island and Maui County.
3
Alaska
June 2026 — In-person, Anchorage / Fairbanks / Juneau. RHTP provider awards expected spring 2026, aligning with workshop timing.
4
Additional States
Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, and others — in-person or virtual depending on demand. Additional states available on request. Virtual workshops available for any location.
If Your Application Window Is Opening, the Conversation to Have Is Now.
Book a 30-minute call to discuss whether a cohort or individual workshop fits your organization's RHTP timeline.