How Wyoming Pharmacies Can Join a Provider Coalition and Access RHTP 3.1 Technology Funding

The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) is a $50 billion federal initiative that sends funds to the states to help address rural healthcare gaps from 2026 to 2030. Each state decides how that money gets used: they identify their own gaps, build programs around those needs, and issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs) that local pharmacies and healthcare organizations can apply for directly. This is a historic opportunity for your pharmacy to expand your scope of practice, deliver life-changing clinical care, and serve the community that relies on you most.

In this ongoing blog series, we are tracking these playbooks state-by-state, breaking down exactly what your state is prioritizing and what infrastructure you need to get grant-ready.

Wyoming RHTP 3.1: Technology Adoption Challenge
Who can apply: Groups of two or more Wyoming-based providers, each with a unique EIN and NPI. A pharmacy cannot apply alone.
Funding Available: $6.4 million
Applicant match: The provider group must contribute at least 5% of the technology purchase price. A larger match may make the application more competitive.
Application Deadline: August 2nd 2026
Apply directly here: wyrhtp.submittable.com/submit/359031/3-1-technology-adoption-challenge

An Overview of Wyoming Initiative 3.1 Opportunity

Wyoming is the most sparsely populated state in the lower 48. Imagine this scenario: a patient leaves a Critical Access Hospital, fills the prescription they received at their local pharmacy after driving two hours to get home, then they see their primary care provider several weeks later. They use a remote-monitoring device at home. All of the organizations are contributing to the patient's care, but none of their systems connect.

Initiative 3.1 is designed to address that gap.

Wyoming wants to fund technology that helps providers work together, deliver more care closer to home, and meaningfully reduce administrative work. The state is deliberately requiring providers to apply in groups to encourage coordination and demonstrate that the proposed technology is useful to more than one organization.

As a pharmacy, this means you may be eligible to participate as a clinical partner, technology user, or member of a provider coalition. You can partner with a local clinic, hospital, FQHC, physician practice, or another healthcare organization and propose a shared technology that improves a shared patient-care workflow.

The technology must help providers:

• Deliver care closer to home
• Improve coordination or interoperability
• Strengthen the patient-provider relationship
• Reduce administrative work
• Support a clear long-term return on investment

The state is not limiting applicants to one vendor, platform, or type of technology. The coalition needs to explain the problem it is solving, why the selected technology is the right fit, and how every participating provider will benefit.

How to Apply for Wyoming 3.1

1. Two or more Wyoming providers form a coalition, and confirm each provider's EIN, NPI, and physical Wyoming location.
   1. A pharmacy cannot submit an Initiative 3.1 application on its own. You must apply with at least one other independent Wyoming provider or qualifying community health organization with their own EINs and NPIs.
   2. A pharmacy may serve as the lead applicant when it meets the Request for Application (RFA) requirements and can manage the provider group, or participate as a subrecipient under another organization that is better positioned to manage contracting, budgeting, implementation, and state reporting.
2. Prepare the application. Together, the group must:
   1. Identify a shared healthcare or administrative problem
   2. Select the technology and the vendor that addresses that problem. Explain how the technology improves coordination or interoperability.
   3. Clearly define each partner's role in the patient journey
   4. Establish the applicant match. Applicants must contribute part of the purchase price to show that they have evaluated the technology, believe in its value, and are willing to share the financial risk.
   5. Map the shared workflow between the providers.
   6. Explain how ongoing operating and maintenance costs will be covered after the initial purchase and beyond 2031.
3. The coalition submits the Initiative 3.1 application by midnight on August 2, 2026.
   1. Complete the separate 0.1 Applicant Eligibility Information form.
4. The providers implement and use the technology together
5. Future operating costs are supported through revenue, savings, or partner contributions

The state of Wyoming may support the approved portion of the purchase, but applicants should not assume that every proposed cost will be funded or that the grant will automatically cover the entire remaining balance.

Pharmacy's Role as a Coalition Partner

Pharmacies are already seeing many of the patients these provider groups are trying to support. A patient might visit their doctor a few times a year but pop by the pharmacy every month. That gives pharmacists repeated opportunities to identify medication issues, adherence barriers, missed follow-up, and changes in the patient's condition.

The pharmacy can offer clinical services like:

• Immunizations
• Medication management
• Post-discharge medication reconciliation
• Chronic-disease follow-up
• Point-of-care testing
• Adherence support
• Patient education
• Provider communication
• Follow-up after external remote-monitoring alerts

Offering these clinical services allows pharmacies to participate in the coalition as a local care-delivery partner.

Eligible pharmacy clinical services can also generate revenue that becomes part of the coalition's long-term sustainability plan after grant funding ends.

What Would a Pharmacy Partnership Look Like for Wyoming's RHTP?

An example of a practical application could pair a community pharmacy with a rural clinic or Critical Access Hospital. The clinic or hospital identifies patients who need medication, preventive-care, or chronic-disease support. The pharmacy delivers the local service, documents the encounter, and communicates relevant follow-up information back to the referring provider.

What Technology Is Wyoming Prioritizing?

There are several areas of technology that are strong fits for pharmacy:

Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Disease

An external RPM platform may collect information such as blood pressure, glucose readings, weight, or oxygen saturation from the patient's home. The device itself and monitoring dashboard are only part of the workflow. If something is flagged, someone on the care team still needs to contact the patient, provide the appropriate service, document the instance, communicate with the care team, and maintain follow-up.

How MedMe helps

• Document the Pharmacy's Response: Consultations or interventions following an external RPM alert can be documented in the patient's profile in MedMe.
• Maintain Follow-Up History: MedMe's EHR keeps encounter notes, pharmacist interventions, provider communication, and follow-up together.
• Reach Patients by Phone: Patient Concierge supports automated, phone-based booking, reminders, and recurring check-ins with voice AI using natural language.

Diabetes Management and Patient Engagement

Wyoming prioritizes diabetes programs that improve patient engagement and self-management. Strong programs help patients understand their medication, follow monitoring plans, and manage their condition between visits.

How MedMe helps

• Automate and Standardize Pharmacy Services: MedMe's Pharmacy EHR supports scheduling, digital intake, assessments, test-result documentation, encounter notes, and follow-up.
• Reduce Documentation Time: Clinical Assistant's AI Scribe drafts structured visit notes based on the consultation for pharmacist review, saving 10-12 minutes per encounter.
• Support Ongoing Engagement: Patient Concierge provides phone-based booking, reminders, adherence check-ins, and follow-up outreach with AI using natural language.

Stronger Patient-Provider Relationships

Wyoming prioritizes technology that removes communication barriers and strengthens the relationship between patients and their providers. That could mean making it easier to schedule a pharmacy service, ensure accurate documentation, and communicate relevant follow-up information to the patient.

How MedMe helps

• Reach Referred Patients: Patient Concierge supports automated appointment booking, reminders, follow-up, for timely patient coordination that doesn't interrupt the pharmacist's day.
• Document Each Encounter: Clinical Assistant's AI Scribe drafts structured visit notes for pharmacist review and sign-off for accurate notes in less time, allowing for accurate and timely patient follow-ups.

Improved Connectivity and Interoperability

Wyoming is prioritizing technology that helps providers communicate more easily, coordinate care across organizations/teams, and keep patients connected to the right services. For a pharmacy-provider group, that could mean making it easier to refer a patient to the pharmacy, document the service delivered, and communicate relevant follow-up information back to the care team.

How MedMe helps

• Maintain a Shared Activity Record: MedMe's Pharmacy EHR keeps encounter notes, provider communication, outreach, and follow-up history together in one clinical record.
• Support Care-Team Communication: Structured pharmacy documentation can support approved sharing workflows with the clinic, hospital, physician practice, or other coalition partners.
• Enable HIE and EHR Connectivity: MedMe can support the pharmacy's role in exchanging relevant encounter and follow-up information through approved HIE connections and other integrations.

Note: Connectivity with an external EHR or HIE depends on specific integration, API, vendor capabilities, and applicable data-sharing agreements.

Reduced Administrative Work

Wyoming prioritizes reducing administrative work by consolidating back-office functions. This supports provider groups that currently duplicate intake, scheduling, documentation, follow-up, and data entry across multiple systems.

How MedMe helps

• Onboard Patients Faster: CSV uploads bring patient lists into MedMe without creating every record manually.
• Reduce Form Entry: Admin Clerk's OCR-assisted form filling can extract information from supported documents.
• Automate Back-Office Work: Admin Clerk reduces repetitive administrative tasks across disconnected systems by automating data entry, so you only have to update the system once.

Care Closer to Home

Wyoming identifies home dialysis supported through telehealth as a priority example. A pharmacy can support that goal by becoming a local access point for medication management, testing, adherence support, and follow-up requested by another provider.

How MedMe helps

• Coordinate Local Pharmacy Services: MedMe streamlines the pharmacy's workflow, including scheduling, intake, encounter documentation, and follow-up.
• Reach Patients by Phone: Patient Concierge supports booking, reminders, and recurring check-ins, with AI using natural language.
• Keep the Clinical History Together: MedMe's Pharmacy EHR maintains encounter notes, interventions, communication, and follow-up activity.

What Clinical Infrastructure Do Pharmacies Applying for Initiative 3.1 Require?

The application must demonstrate that the provider group can successfully implement the platform, integrate it into daily operations, ensure consistent use across all participating organizations, and track measurable improvements in patient care, coordination, and administrative efficiency.

A traditional Pharmacy Management System is built primarily for dispensing and inventory management. A technology-enabled clinical program may also require coordinated scheduling, structured encounter documentation, proactive patient outreach, medical-billing workflows, provider communication, and program-level reporting.

MedMe complements your PMS by serving as the clinical-services layer that enables pharmacies to deliver, document, and manage patient care in collaboration with other providers.

Technology Adoption Readiness: MedMe vs. a Traditional PMS

Note: Connectivity with external EHRs, HIEs, telehealth platforms, RPM tools, payer systems, or state systems depends on the specific integrations, APIs, vendors, and data-sharing agreements in place.

Building a Sustainability Plan Beyond 2031

RHTP funding is time-limited, to help stand up a program that can run on its own when the grant period ends. This financial sustainability may come from:

• Reimbursement for eligible clinical services through medical billing
• Ongoing partner contributions
• Shared technology costs
• Reduced administrative work
• New payer or provider contracts
• Improved patient retention
• Expanded clinical-service volume
• Operational savings

Bring your provider group. We'll help you build the technology case.

MedMe can help your pharmacy and its partners map the clinical workflow, administrative efficiencies, patient-engagement model, documentation process, and medical-billing strategy behind the application.