Congressman Dan Meuser announced more than $9.5 million in federal funding for hospital upgrades throughout Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District. This funding stems from $193 million the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded to Pennsylvania earlier this year from the Rural Health Transformation Fund created by Congressional Republicans in the Working Families Tax Cuts.

The money allocated for this initial group of projects supports technology and infrastructure improvements, upgrades for rural hospitals, emergency medicine, and health care providers.

The Rural Health Transformation Fund is a $50 billion federal grant program that distributes funding to states from 2026-2030 to strengthen health care access across rural America. The funding advances preventive care, expands sustainable access to rural health services, strengthens the health care workforce, promotes innovative value-based care models, and invests in technology to improve care delivery, coordination, and system resilience.

The Rural Health Transformation Fund allocates $9,601,779 in federal support that will flow to 11 hospitals across Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District:

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville: $1,000,000 to modernize the hospital’s advanced pharmacy by installing a new modular compounding suite, upgrading HVAC systems, expanding hazardous drug compounding capacity, and improving workflow.

Lehigh Valley Hospital–Schuylkill, Pottsville: $997,428 to purchase new medical equipment, including telehealth technology, smart hospital beds, retinal scanners, ultrasound equipment, and emergency department stretchers to expand access to specialty and emergency care.

Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital, Orwigsburg: $948,927 to fully equip a fourth operating room, expanding surgical capacity by approximately 1,700 additional procedures annually.

St. Luke’s Hospital–Miners Campus, Coaldale: $909,231 to replace an aging fluoroscopy system and upgrade operating room technology to improve diagnostic imaging and surgical care.

CMSU Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Danville: $166,443 to replace aging mobile information technology equipment and purchase a new passenger van to improve access to behavioral health and developmental services in rural communities.