RHTP Compliance: Governance, Controls, and the First 90 Days

RHTP compliance should be designed into implementation from day one. In this RHTP Roadmap episode, PYA’s Shannon Sumner explains how rural providers can use existing compliance infrastructure to govern the award, protect funds and data, document evidence, manage vendor risk, and support leadership oversight. The discussion covers financial stewardship, cybersecurity and privacy, workforce and care-model risks, third-party oversight, audit-ready expenditure documentation, technology-vendor diligence, board dashboards, corrective action, and a practical first-90-day compliance roadmap. Watch the video and read the full transcript: https://www.pyapc.com/insights/rhtp-r... Explore PYA’s RHTP resources: https://www.pyapc.com/rural-health-tr... What Viewers Will Learn • Why compliance should be embedded in RHTP implementation from day one • How RHTP workstreams can connect to an existing compliance program • Which five risk domains should have clear ownership • How to build an evidence trail for material expenditures • What to address before selecting and contracting with technology vendors • What leaders and boards should see in RHTP reporting • How to structure compliance priorities during the first 90 days 00:00 Why compliance matters to RHTP implementation 02:39 Compliance as the operating system for transformation 04:30 Stewardship, resilience, and evidence 06:09 Connecting RHTP workstreams to compliance program elements 08:21 Five RHTP risk domains and ownership 10:16 Building an audit-ready expenditure story 12:00 Technology, vendor, privacy, and cybersecurity controls 13:52 Executive and board oversight 15:35 Compliance roadmap for the first 90 days 17:09 Four actions to start now 18:37 Final implementation message 20:30 Next RHTP Roadmap episode