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Resources by Topic: Rural Health Clinics

Medicare Billing for Telehealth Encounters: An Introductory Guide on Fee-for-Service
Presents an overview of how to bill fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid for telehealth encounters. Includes information on originating and distant sites, virtual healthcare, and coding telehealth services. Lists types of practice sites, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and implications for billing telehealth services. Provides contact information for Regional Telehealth Research Centers (RTRC).
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Small Rural Hospital and Clinic Finance 101
Provides a manual with introductory information on healthcare facility finances and payment for state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program personnel, Critical Access Hospital (CAH) staff and board members, small rural prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, and provider-based rural health clinics (RHC).
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Medicare Benefit Policy Manual: Chapter 13 - Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Services
Current regulations, as of January 2023, regarding Medicare payment policies for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Dialysis More Available Than Patient Education in Counties With High Diabetes Prevalence
Compares availability of dialysis and diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services at the county level, and discusses impacts of DSMES access on prevalence of end stage renal disease. Analyzes county-level characteristics associated with availability of dialysis or DSMES, including rurality, diabetes prevalence, presence of a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic, and more.
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Nicholas Yell, Gabriel A. Benavidez, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21, 240052
Date: 08/2024
Type: Document
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HHS Finalizes Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rule - Impacts for RHCs
Recording of a July 15, 2024, webinar discussing the May 2024 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services final rule, Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities. Highlights sections of the rule most important to Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and timelines for compliance. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides, Q&A Follow-Up
Date: 07/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Rural & Safety Net Health Facilities in Arizona
Map of Arizona's Critical Access Hospitals, Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities, Rural Health Clinics, and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in New Jersey
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Rhode Island
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Delaware
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Connecticut
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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