Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25: RHTP Forum

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief, produced by the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, co‑founder and chief executive director. This episode covers April 5–11, 2026 and delivers the week’s strategic signals, operational milestones, and near‑term action items for stakeholders tracking Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Pro...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief, directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Director. This episode covers the coverage window March 22–28, 2026 and delivers a focused intelligence briefing on the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), cutting through policy noise to identify seven material signals that RHTP stakeholders must track. T...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief. This is your trusted source for timely updates on Oklahoma's Rural Health Transformation Program, produced by the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 Foundation, and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Director. Each week, we cut through the noise to bring you what matters, the key signals from CMS, state a...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief for March 8–14, 2026. Produced by the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keeley John Booth, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Director, this episode cuts through the noise to deliver the week’s most consequential signals for Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). This episode covers four material...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief. This episode, produced by the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth (co‑founder and chief executive director), covers monitoring from February 21st through February 27th, 2026. We distill the key signals from CMS, state agencies, and the field to keep stakeholders informed and execution‑ready....

In this episode of the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 podcast host Dr. Keley John Booth, MD speaks with Dr. Pinky Patel, PharmD — founder of Myri, an AI-enabled women’s and maternal health platform — about the crisis in maternal care in Oklahoma and practical solutions that can be implemented now. They weave Dr. Patel’s lived experience during pregnancy and a narrowly averted C-section with system-level a...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief, produced by the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, co‑founder and chief executive director. This episode covers the signal window of February 14–20, 2026, and synthesizes the key public signals from CMS, state agencies, and field engagement to help stakeholders stay informed and execution‑r...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief for February 7–13, 2026, produced by the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth. This episode delivers concise, strategic updates on program activity, public reporting, and what stakeholders should prioritize as the Rural Health Transformation Program moves from engagement toward potential procurem...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 in 25 R-H-T-P Weekly Intelligence Brief covering January 31–February 7, 2026. Produced by the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, this episode cuts through the noise to deliver two material signals that mark a shift from quiet planning to visible implementation momentum for Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (R-H-T-P)....

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 in 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief. This episode, covering January 24–30, 2026, is produced by the Oklahoma RISE 25 in 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, MD, co-founder and chief executive director. Each week we deliver concise, actionable intelligence on Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), cutting through noise to highlight key...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP Weekly Intelligence Brief, produced by the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 Foundation and directed by Dr. Keley John Booth, MD. This episode covers the key signals and strategic implications from the coverage window January 17–23, 2026, focused on Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) and the Oklahoma Healthcare Authority’s Rural PACE expansion t...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we dive into the closed-loop community care platform — the strategic spine of Oklahoma's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). We unpack what a closed-loop referral system actually means on the ground for rural clinicians, care coordinators, hospital leaders, and community-based organizations (CBOs). The episode explains why...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we examine the Telestroke Expansion Initiative — a $2.5 million RHTP investment led by the Oklahoma State Department of Health — that aims to overcome geographic barriers to time-critical stroke care in rural and tribal communities. This episode explains the initiative’s mission and mechanics: a hub-and-spoke telestroke network d...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we focus on the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Maternal Health Initiative — a focused, five-year, $3,529,000 demonstration led by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) that aims to deploy connected blood pressure cuffs to approximately 900 high-risk pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries across rural Oklahoma. The hosts explain why...

Welcome to an in-depth episode from the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we zero in on the Presidential Fitness Test Preparation Initiative — a five-year, just-over-$4 million investment led by the Oklahoma State Department of Education designed to create a unified statewide youth wellness benchmark and strengthen long-term health outcomes for Oklahoma children, especially in...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHDP podcast. In this episode we discuss the details of the Grow Your Own initiative — a foundational Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) investment designed to tackle Oklahoma’s rural healthcare workforce crisis by expanding the CareerTech high school Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program. The episode covers the program’s strategic rationale (trainin...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This episode takes a detailed look at the Expanding Care Doulas Initiative — a targeted $5.85 million investment over five years designed to transform maternal health access across Oklahoma's 59 rural counties. We explain the program architecture and operational roles (led by the Oklahoma State Department of Health with critical policy partnersh...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHDP podcast. In this episode we take a deep operational dive into the Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Telehealth Expansion Initiative — a high‑priority, $7,620,000, five‑year investment led by the Oklahoma State Department of Health designed to shrink geographic and access disparities in high‑risk pregnancy care across rural and tribal Oklahoma. Topics covered...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHDP podcast. In this episode we take a look at the Rural Relocation Incentives Initiative — a five-year, $7.65 million Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) investment led by the Healthcare Workforce Training Commission (HWTC) to rapidly recruit and retain behavioral health specialists in rural Oklahoma. Our hosts unpack the program’s core design: two r...

On this episode of the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP podcast our digital hosts from the Oklahoma Rise 25 and 25 RHTP Task Force take a deep look at the Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care Initiative — a central Innovating the Care Model investment designed to restructure substance use disorder (SUD) treatment across rural Oklahoma. The episode explains the initiative’s scope and objective...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode we undertake a deep dive into the comprehensive profile for Oklahoma’s Lung Cancer Screening Program — a $10.5 million, six‑year initiative (FY2026–FY2031) positioned inside the RHTP "moving upstream" pillar to prioritize prevention, early detection, and sustainable rural access. Topics covered: why lung cancer is an urgent priority in...

Welcome to the Oklahoma Rise 25 in 25 RHTP podcast. This episode takes a deep dive the Community-Led Wellness Hub microgrants. We unpack the program’s purpose, funding structure, eligibility, and how this targeted capital aims to solve a specific market failure in rural Oklahoma. Topics covered include the initiative’s budget and timeline ($10.75 million total: $10 million in direct microgrants sp...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. In this episode, the hosts lead a focused, operational conversation about the Transportation Expansion Initiative—the $10,818,000, five‑year investment designed to be the foundational enabler of Oklahoma’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). We unpack why transportation is not a logistics afterthought but the access layer that determines...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This podcast is a production of the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP Task Force, an independent Oklahoma-led collaborative focused on turning one of the most significant rural health investments in our state's history into real, measurable outcomes for our communities. This podcast moves beyond headlines and funding announcements to provide clear, p...

Welcome to the Oklahoma RISE 25 and 25 RHTP podcast. This episode takes a deep dive into the centralized EMS initiative—a $20.1 million, statewide investment designed to reshape regional collaboration and emergency response across rural Oklahoma. In this episode, the hosts explain why fragmentation in emergency medical services is the core operational problem and why a single unified communication...