The Problem
Rural chronic disease rates are more than 30% higher than in urban areas, over 130 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and provider shortages continue to deepen. While access has improved through telehealth expansion, remote monitoring, and broadband investment, outcomes have not kept pace.
The Opportunity
The CMS Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT) creates a rare opportunity to change that trajectory. It reframes rural reform around enablement rather than risk transfer, giving states the resources to strengthen access, stabilize workforces, and modernize infrastructure in ways that are scalable and sustainable.
The Solution
Zyter’s Rural Health Orchestrator™ provides the foundation for state Medicaid agencies to drive rural health transformation. It transforms fragmented programs into a cohesive network where every encounter, alert,and decision flows seamlessly across the care continuum, turning access into action, and action into outcomes.
How Can Zyter Accelerate this Transformation?
At the core of this framework are three integrated products that form the digital infrastructure for orchestrated rural care:
Zyter Virtual Health SuiteTM (Access Layer)
serves as the digital front door, linking telehealth and remote patient monitoring directly into care-management workflows. Every virtual interaction becomes part of the longitudinal record, ensuring timely follow-up and continuous care.
Zyter CollaborateTM
(Collaboration Layer)
connects EHRs, payers, and community partners through secure, real-time data exchange and communication. It enables multi-stakeholder coordination, replacing disconnected workflows with one shared view of each patient’s journey.
Zyter OrchestrateTM
(Intelligence Layer)
acts as the API-native engine that unifies data, automates triage and documentation, and powers AI-driven decisioning. It eliminates administrative drag, improves speed to intervention, and drives measurable productivity gains across care teams.
These products are supported by two service pillars that accelerate impact and ensure sustainability:
Zyter Clinical ServicesTM
(Capacity Extension)
provide nurse-led support for medical review, chronic care management, and member outreach, closing care gaps and reinforcing local workforces where staffing is limited.
Zyter Rural Smart StartTM
(Deployment and Acceleration)
offers pre-configured workflows, training modules, and outcome dashboards to fast-track implementation and ROI. It ensures that orchestration is not theoretical but operational from day one.
Together, these layers form a single, interoperable ecosystem that connects technology, workflows, and people into one intelligent system of care. The result is measurable improvement in access, efficiency, and outcomes, delivering on the promise of a connected, equitable, and sustainable model for rural health.
From Policy to Outcomes
Our Implementation Strategy
The Rural Health Orchestrator™ provides the operational backbone to translate strategy into execution. States can progress from planning to measurable outcomes through a structured, 24-month roadmap:
The future of rural healthcare will be defined by how seamlessly people, systems, and tools work together. With orchestration as the new operating model, states can move from access to accountability, from funding to outcomes, and from fragmented efforts to a self- sustaining, equitable system of care, built to last.
If...
…our model resonates, we invite to download our white paper “Making Rural Care Work: A Playbook for State-led Transformation” for more detail on how your organization and community can get started with truly impactful rural health transformation.
If…
• Lower medical expense
• Lower administrative expense
• Better member engagement
• Higher quality scores
• Better, faster care outcomes
With...Fixed medical cost risk
…sounds like a solution for an underperforming population health or care management program, let us be of help.