As states begin to figure out the dollars and cents of a new federal rural health fund, skilled nursing and other post-acute care providers have to capitalize on their single opening to work themselves into the equation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week issued a notice of funding for its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. “Any investment in rural health strengthens care across the full continuum — from hospitals to nursing homes,” he added. He explained that the highest-weighted criteria is a state’s proportion of rural communities, their population and their providers. Collectively, will it backfill all of the funding cuts?