Office of the Ohio Governor
Ohio awards rural health transformation funds to health center association
Ohio announced $92 million in Rural Health Transformation Program awards, run through the Ohio Department of Health.
The Record
Ohio: the record
Every Ohio record from every file, newest first; federal records that apply in every state are in the full archive.
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Issues active in Ohio
Tracked issues with at least one Ohio record since Apr 27, 2026.
- Health center openings, closures and mergers7 records
- Medicaid work-requirement implementation7 records
- The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program6 records
- Medicaid financing and eligibility operations5 records
- ACA marketplace coverage and uninsured demand3 records
- Behavioral-health integration and capacity2 records
The Register-Herald
Primary Health Solutions breaks ground on Eaton health center in Preble County
The Register-Herald reported that Primary Health Solutions broke ground on September 30 on a roughly 6,400-square-foot community health center in Eaton.
Signal Cleveland
Ohio Medicaid ends full coverage for thousands of refugees on October 1
Starting October 1, 2026, refugees, asylees and other lawfully present immigrants without green cards lose full Ohio Medicaid, as Signal Cleveland reported.
Signal Cleveland
Ohio Medicaid lists about 1,900 codes that count as medically frail
The Ohio Department of Medicaid told Signal Cleveland it compiled about 1,900 diagnosis codes that qualify someone as medically frail.
Ohio University
Health Workforce Ohio opens grants for rural health workforce projects
Health Workforce Ohio, a $10 million Rural Health Transformation initiative, began inviting grant proposals for non-urban counties. Funds target workforce shortages, career pathways and access to care.
Center for Community Solutions
690,034 Ohioans are directly affected by the medical-frailty rule
The Center for Community Solutions, a Cleveland-based Ohio policy institute, states verbatim: “There are 690,034 Ohioans directly affected by this change.”
ACA Signups
CareSource is leaving Ohio's 2027 marketplace entirely and Molina is going off-exchange
Ohio's 2027 rate filings show CareSource Ohio will “discontinue its Individual Market health insurance products in the State of Ohio,” affecting 28,319 members, and Molina Healthcare of Ohio will offer only off-exchange plans.
The MetroHealth System
MetroHealth reports full FQHC status and a $650,000 grant
MetroHealth said on August 14, 2026 that its community health centers moved from look-alike to full FQHC status with a $650,000 New Access Points award.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS announces $3.15M to connect rural Ohio pharmacies and FQHCs
CMS announced $3.15 million in Ohio Rural Health Transformation funding to connect FQHCs and pharmacies across 73 rural counties.
The Statehouse News Bureau
Ohio's ACA Marketplace Enrollment Falls 32% as Rural Counties Bear the Brunt
Ohio's ACA Marketplace enrollment dropped more than 32% between February 2025 and February 2026 after enhanced federal premium subsidies expired in January 2026.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Ohio's enacted budget maintains Medicaid HCBS rate increases; it does not document an announced home-care benefit cut
The Ohio Legislative Service Commission's enacted H.B. 96 Medicaid analysis says the FY2026–2027 budget continues prior home- and community-based-services waiver rate increases affecting providers who serve more than 140,000 Medicaid recipients.
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Ohio posts the largest ACA marketplace decline in the nation
A Health Policy Institute of Ohio data snapshot published July 10, 2026 reports Ohio's effectuated ACA marketplace enrollment fell from 497,443 in February 2025 to 336,058 in February 2026 — "161,000 fewer Ohioans are enrolled in an ACA plan this year" — and…
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
HPIO reports that ODM will not adopt optional Medicaid hardship exemptions, but Ohio's published agency materials remain silent and a May report conflicts
A Health Policy Institute of Ohio update published June 30, 2026 says that ODM indicated Ohio is not adopting the four optional hardship exemptions available for recent hospitalization, extended out-of-community medical treatment…
Signal Cleveland
Cleveland FQHC NEON fights a $9.5M foreclosure that puts six clinics and a mobile unit at risk
Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) is in a foreclosure fight that has now run more than a year.
The MetroHealth System
MetroHealth opens a $220 million outpatient health center in Cleveland built for 450,000 annual visits
On July 27, 2026 The MetroHealth System opened a new Outpatient Health Center on its Cleveland main campus — a $220 million, 300,000-square-foot facility expected to handle roughly 450,000 outpatient visits a year, with a 24/7 drive-thru pharmacy…
The Commonwealth Fund
Commonwealth Fund models 51,200 fewer Ohio jobs and a $4.4B net federal-funding loss in 2029 under a combined policy scenario
The Commonwealth Fund's June 9, 2026 issue brief uses IMPLAN to estimate 2029 effects relative to a policy baseline.
The Centers
The Centers schedules the Glick Recovery Campus for 24/7 crisis access beginning September 14; services are not yet live
The Centers' current Glick Recovery Campus site says its first-floor crisis center is scheduled to begin 24-hour, seven-day access on September 14, 2026 at 2322 E. 22nd Street in Cleveland.
Five Rivers Health Centers
Five Rivers opens Xenia Campus with medical, dental, pharmacy and behavioral-health access
In an April 9 notice, Five Rivers Health Centers reported the official opening of its new Xenia Campus with a grand opening and ribbon cutting.
Health Partners of Western Ohio
Health Partners posts weekday school-checkup walk-ins at two Toledo health centers
Observed July 16, 2026, Health Partners of Western Ohio's current back-to-school page lists weekday walk-in access for school shots and sports physicals at two Toledo health centers.
Lower Lights Christian Health Center
Lower Lights Health opens its Northland clinic and full-service pharmacy
On January 15, Lower Lights Health reported that its Northland clinic and full-service pharmacy were officially open and welcoming patients following a January 12 ribbon-cutting.
ONE Health Ohio / RISE Recovery
ONE Health's RISE Recovery posts evening and Saturday appointment hours across four Ohio sites
Observed July 16, 2026, RISE Recovery, an outpatient addiction-treatment program connected to ONE Health Ohio, says it is accepting patients at four locations—Youngstown, Warren…
Signature Health
Signature Health adds stimulant-use-disorder treatment across five MAT locations
Effective April 1, Signature Health expanded its existing Medication-Assisted Treatment program to include treatment for stimulant use disorder involving cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulants.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS sets the federal Medicaid community-engagement framework Ohio must implement by 2027
CMS issued interim final rule CMS-2454-IFC on June 1, 2026. States generally must implement its Medicaid community-engagement requirement by January 1, 2027.
Ohio University
Ohio University receives $10M to lead a statewide rural-health workforce partnership
Ohio University announced on July 10, 2026 that it received a $10 million, fully CMS-funded award to expand the rural health workforce through Health Workforce Ohio.
Ohio General Assembly
Governor DeWine signs Ohio Senate Bill 315 after June legislative passage
The Ohio General Assembly's status record shows that Senate Bill 315 passed the Senate on May 20, 2026, passed the House with amendments on June 10, and received Senate concurrence that day.
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio Senate Bill 198 remains pending after a fourth Health Committee hearing
Ohio Senate Bill 198 would prohibit specified drug-manufacturer actions regarding reimbursements to 340B covered entities.
HealthSource of Ohio
HealthSource of Ohio's five-stop summer Mobile Vision schedule ended July 24; the page does not establish current availability
HealthSource of Ohio's June 16 notice advertised Mobile Vision visits for patients ages 5 through 21 at Wilmington June 22–25, Washington Court House June 29–July 2, Hillsboro July 6–10, Seaman July 13–17 and Georgetown July 20–24.
The Center for Community Solutions
Community Solutions models a 337,000-person first-year Ohio Medicaid enrollment decline under H.R. 1
The Center for Community Solutions published Ohio modeling on August 16, 2025 for Medicaid provisions enacted through H.R. 1.
Ohio Department of Medicaid
Ohio's 2025 Group VIII waiver projected 61,826 enrollees would lose eligibility
Ohio submitted a Group VIII Section 1115 demonstration application to CMS on February 28, 2025.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Ohio's enacted FY2026–2027 budget appropriates about $2.70M a year for OACHC-run FQHC clinical rotations
The Ohio Legislative Service Commission's enacted H.B. 96 Department of Health analysis lists $2,695,268 for FY2026 and $2,698,697 for FY2027 in the FQHC Primary Care Workforce Initiative line item.
GW Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health
GW factsheet: Medicaid covered 52% of Ohio health-center patients and 53% of patient-care revenue
A January 2025 George Washington University Geiger Gibson factsheet reported that Ohio had 51 community health centers operating 458 service sites in 2023, 37% of them rural.
National Association of Community Health Centers
NACHC reports separate September and December 2026 federal health-center funding deadlines
NACHC's current funding page says annual discretionary Community Health Center funding expires September 30, 2026 and mandatory Community Health Center Fund authority expires December 31, 2026.
HHS TAGGS / Ohio Department of Health
HHS TAGGS Shows Ohio's $202M Rural Health Transformation Award for Rural Access and Workforce Capacity
HHS TAGGS lists Ohio Department of Health award RHTCMS332087 at $202,030,262 for the Rural Health Transformation Program, with a performance period from December 29, 2025 through October 30, 2030.
WOUB Public Media / Statehouse News Bureau
Ohio's $202M rural award is much smaller than projected decade-long Medicaid losses
WOUB reported on February 2, 2026 that Ohio's first-year Rural Health Transformation Program award was just over $202 million, ranking 25th nationally and amounting to about $70 per rural resident.
Health Policy Ohio / Urban Institute
Urban Institute analysis projects 356,000 Ohio Medicaid expansion coverage losses
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio reported that an Urban Institute analysis projected federal Medicaid work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks could cause 356,000 Ohio Medicaid expansion enrollees to lose coverage…
South Community Behavioral Health
South Community now confirms it is a Primary Health Solutions company, superseding the April acquisition plan
South Community Behavioral Health's current first-party pages say the organization is now part of Primary Health Solutions, an FQHC serving Southwest Ohio.
Protect Our Care
Protect Our Care's advocacy tracker lists 38 Ohio providers facing closure, cuts or risk; it is not a verified closure count
An August 11, 2026 statement from Protect Our Care says its advocacy watchlist had grown from the 31 providers cited in May to 38 Ohio hospitals, clinics and other providers that had closed, announced service cuts or closures, or were described as at risk.
Springfield News-Sun
A May report says Ohio chose a one-month lookback and four optional hardship exceptions; a later HPIO account conflicts and ODM has not published a decision
A May 8, 2026 Springfield News-Sun report said Ohio planned to begin Medicaid work and community-engagement requirements on January 1, 2027, using a one-month activity lookback at application or renewal rather than a four-month lookback or quarterly checks.
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio enacts a $3.7B capital budget for fiscal years 2027–2028
Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 450 on June 15, 2026. The measure makes capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028 and was enacted as an emergency act, with certain sections effective July 1, 2026.
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal-state partnership charges nine defendants in alleged Ohio fraud schemes totaling more than $42M
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on June 4, 2026 that federal and state prosecutors charged nine defendants in alleged fraud exceeding $42 million.