rural health

Additional $20 million in federal rural health grants announced for North Dakota

North Dakota Health and Human Services Interim Commissioner Pat Traynor discusses the Rural Health Transformation Program at the North Dakota Newspaper Association’s annual convention on May 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota has announced more than $20 million worth of new grant opportunities under the federal Rural Health Transformation Program —…

Sanford Health announces new partnership with Intermountain Health

The organizations are nearly doubling in size by merging

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- Big changes are coming to Sanford Health as it merges with another major health organization. Utah based Intermountain Health and Sanford Health will be coming together to share their best practices. The merging will create a $15 billion health system. Both will keep their names for now, but Intermountain will become the parent company Together it has…