CRISP RFP: Maryland’s Rural Telehealth Strategic Blueprint

CRISP is seeking proposals from a qualified consultant to develop a strategic rural telehealth blueprint for creation of a centralized telehealth body.

The strategic rural telehealth blueprint will guide the design, structure, functionality, and implementation of a centralized telehealth body. The goal is to advance adoption of telehealth by rural Maryland communities in a sustainable manner. This work is part of Maryland’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), which seeks to strengthen healthcare delivery in rural areas through innovative technologies and partnerships. The RHTP includes expansion of telehealth as a means of improving patient access and care coordination.

Through this RFP, CRISP seeks a consultant that will:

1. Define the structure and functions that are essential to a centralized telehealth body, including technical, clinical, equity and access, legal and regulatory, workflow/operational, scalability, and financial/sustainability considerations.
2. Identify specific opportunities for and barriers to implementing and expanding telehealth technologies across rural Maryland. Make strategic recommendations to address opportunities and barriers, leveraging existing capabilities and considering new use cases to address identified needs.
3. Provide an implementation plan for phased implementation and expansion of telehealth across rural Maryland. The implementation plan must align with existingrelated initiatives of CRISP, the RHTP, and their partners.

Please refer to the full RFP for more details. 

Proposals must be submitted electronically to MDCommunications@crisphealth.org by June 3, 2026.

The Maryland Rural Health Transformation Program is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $168,180,837.61 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents of this RFP are those of CRISP and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.