Maine Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)Technology and Innovation Strategies
RFP Applicant Portal
MCD Global Health (MCD) was selected as a subawardee to support the implementation of Maine's technology and innovation initiatives in close collaboration with Maine DHHS and statewide partners. This includes supporting the implementation of a variety of digital health solutions and modalities, including telehealth, remote-patient monitoring, provider-to-provider consultations, and digital therapeutics deployed across partner sites, with a focus on reducing distance as a barrier to specialty care, behavioral health, and chronic disease management.
Current opportunities
Virtual Quick Care - Virtual Quick Care Provider(s)
Objective: Establish a statewide, virtual acute care program to deliver same-day care with evening and weekend availability to all individuals in Maine, with outreach focused on rural communities, providers, and the public. Program goals include reducing avoidable ED utilization and unnecessary travel burdens for patients.
Funding Type: Partner Service Agreement (PSA)
Proposals Due: October 28, 2026
Automated Text Messaging: Chronic Conditions - Digital Health Provider(s)
Objective: The Maine Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) is implementing an Automated Text Messaging (ATM) system for adults with chronic health conditions in rural Maine.
Funding Type: Partner Service Agreement (PSA)
Proposals Due: October 30, 2026
Nursing Home Telehealth - Specialty Telehealth Service Provider(s)
Objective: Provide scalable tele-geriatric and geriatric psychiatry consultation services that expand access to specialty expertise for residents of rural nursing facilities, improve clinical decision-making, strengthen care coordination and continuity of care, improve management of chronic medical and behavioral health conditions, and reduce avoidable emergency department utilization and hospital transfers.
Funding Type: Partner Service Agreement (PSA)
Proposals Due: October 30, 2026
Teledentistry - Teledentistry Provider(s)
Objective: Establish a standardized statewide asynchronous provider-to-provider teledentistry service that expands access to Maine-licensed dental expertise, supports timely clinical decision-making and care coordination, strengthens referral pathways, and increases access to preventive and specialty oral health services in rural and underserved communities.
Funding Type: Partner Service Agreement (PSA)
Proposals Due: October 30, 2026
Remote Patient Monitoring: Adult Chronic Disease and Perinatal - RPM Provider(s)
Objective: Provide a scalable statewide Remote Patient Monitoring service that supports adults with hypertension, heart failure, and other high-risk chronic conditions, as well as pregnant and postpartum individuals requiring maternal health monitoring. Services will improve chronic disease management and maternal health outcomes through ongoing monitoring, patient engagement, self-management support, timely intervention, care coordination, expanded access to home-based monitoring services, and delivery of a standardized statewide RPM model.
Funding Type: Partner Service Agreement (PSA)
Proposals Due: November 06, 2026
Provider-to-Provider Specialty Consultations: Synchronous and Asynchronous Solutions - Specialty Telehealth Service Provider(s)
Objective: Provide scalable statewide provider-to-provider specialty consultation services that expand timely specialty access for primary care providers in rural Maine. The synchronous track will deliver, direct, real-time specialist recommendations; the asynchronous eConsult track will deliver timely documented recommendations, both strengthening clinical decisions and care coordination while reducing unnecessary referrals and delays.
Funding Type: Partner Service Agreement (PSA)
Proposals Due: November 06, 2026