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    State of the System

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    DIRECT
    published by a named authority, cited with retrieval date
    FIELD-VERIFIED
    reported by program leadership, corroboration pending
    MODELED
    a scenario or projection, never presented as measured

    Rural Health Transformation Program

    Rural Health Transformation Program award to Hawaiʻi

    DIRECT

    $188.9M

    $188,892,439.75 for the first budget period; five annual awards depend on federal reporting and award decisions

    Source: CMS award announcement, 29 December 2025; Governor's release, 6 January 2026 · retrieved September 10, 2026

    RHTP funds announced to date

    DIRECT

    $58M

    $45M to JABSOM HOME RUN workforce awards and $13M to the Department of Health for ambulances and emergency communications

    Source: Office of the Governor release, 1 September 2026 · retrieved September 10, 2026

    Workforce

    Physician shortage, statewide

    DIRECT

    644 FTE

    832.6 FTE island-adjusted

    Source: JABSOM Area Health Education Center, Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment 2025 · retrieved September 6, 2026

    Preliminary 2026 figures were expected 12 September 2026; this row is flagged for update when they are published.

    Hawaiʻi County shortage, all specialties

    DIRECT

    43%

    223.6 FTE, up from 201 FTE in 2024

    Source: JABSOM Area Health Education Center, Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment 2025 · retrieved September 6, 2026

    Maui County shortage, all specialties

    DIRECT

    41%

    179.2 FTE

    Source: JABSOM Area Health Education Center, Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment 2025 · retrieved September 6, 2026

    Maui County primary care shortage

    DIRECT

    35%

    45.0 FTE, the highest primary care shortfall by percentage in the state

    Source: JABSOM Area Health Education Center, Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment 2025 · retrieved September 6, 2026

    Residents in primary care shortage areas

    DIRECT

    604,628

    34 HPSA designations; 67.05% of need met

    Source: HRSA, Designated HPSA Quarterly Summary · retrieved June 30, 2026

    Insurer directories and network adequacy

    Insurer directory overstatement of primary care, statewide

    MEASURED

    +107%

    Listed clinicians against a verified truth set of 1,994 practicing primary care clinicians (Cut B, the milder accurate figure; the physician-only cut is +180%)

    Source: HHIP over HMSA Report 403 (DHS UIPA), DCCA PVL, NPPES · retrieved May 5, 2026

    Directory validation funnel

    MEASURED

    4,867 → 946

    4,867 raw rows, 2,738 unique NPIs, 1,260 validated primary care clinicians, 946 accepting new patients

    Source: HHIP over NPPES, DCCA PVL, PECOS, and the Hawaiʻi APCD · retrieved May 5, 2026

    Carrier assessment cap, unchanged in over two decades

    DIRECT

    $1,000,000

    Aggregate annual assessment on health carriers for network regulation

    Source: HRS 431:2-216(a) and (b) · retrieved August 13, 2026

    Behavioral health

    Adult civil acute psychiatric beds

    MEASURED

    147

    10.2 per 100,000 residents, net of forensic and youth-only beds; consensus minimum benchmark 30 per 100,000

    Source: SHPDA 2023 Healthcare Utilization Report, Table 8; Census Vintage 2024 denominator · retrieved August 2, 2026

    Stroke

    Maui County stroke death rate

    DIRECT

    45.7 per 100,000

    Age-adjusted, 2022 to 2024; the 2021 to 2023 rate was 51.1; Healthy People 2030 target 33.4

    Source: Hawaiʻi Health Data Warehouse, indicator 1307 · retrieved August 13, 2026

    Hawaiʻi County stroke death rate

    DIRECT

    42.8 per 100,000

    Age-adjusted, 2022 to 2024; Honolulu 36.4; Kauaʻi 31.6

    Source: Hawaiʻi Health Data Warehouse, indicator 1307 · retrieved August 13, 2026

    Screening and access

    Mammography screening and distance to the nearest certified facility, Hawaiʻi Island

    MEASURED

    r = −0.50

    0.068 percentage points of screening lost per mile (p = 0.010), 26 ZIP tabulation areas; ecological, community-level

    Source: HHTF and HHIP analysis over CDC PLACES 2022 and FDA MQSA facility locations · retrieved August 11, 2026

    Mammography screening, women 50 to 74

    DIRECT

    69.8% vs 79.5%

    Hawaiʻi County against Honolulu, age-adjusted; a modeled small-area estimate, not a direct count

    Source: CDC PLACES 2022 · retrieved August 11, 2026

    Market structure

    Commercial insurance market concentration (HHI)

    MEASURED

    3,138

    HMSA 49.2% of member months; HMSA and Kaiser together 74.1%; a national state average is near 2,300

    Source: HHIP computed from NAIC Market Share Reports, plan year 2024 · retrieved May 1, 2026

    Figures are drawn from the Task Force claims registry maintained by David Isei. Registry counts are ceilings; claims-based counts are floors. Ecological analyses describe communities, not individuals.

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