16 May, 2024 12:54

In the final week before passing the H.R.1, Congress created a $50 billion dollar fund to “transform” rural health. In each of the next 5 years, $10 billion will flow to the states to help them implement a “rural health transformation plan” but details are scant as to...

NARHC is thrilled to announce the introduction of three new bills to strengthen and modernize the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program: the Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act (H.R.5199), Rural Health Clinic Location Modernization...

Attention Texas Medicaid Providers! It is critical to know when your revalidation with TMHP is due. Let us take care of this and all your credentialing needs - contact us today! The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is requiring assistance from MCOs to...

Trump’s First 100 Days and What’s to Come – Policy Updates for RHCs Health policy has been a much discussed topic since the Trump Administration’s second term and the 119th Congress began just a few months ago! Currently, Members of Congress are debating reforms to...

Dear NARHC Members, Please join us on December 10 at 4 PM Eastern Time for our 2024 Annual Membership meeting. In this virtual meeting, our NARHC Executive Committee (President Mandy Shelast, Vice President Shannon Chambers, and Secretary/Treasurer Denise Schentrup)...

NARHC has been engaging with CMS over the last year in an attempt to resolve the CPT Category II code issue for RHCs, including through a letter to the CMS Administrator. We are very pleased to report that CMS recently issued a CMS Change Request to allow Category II...

Dear RHC Community, On November 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2025Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. NARHC is very pleased to report that the rule finalizes several Rural Health Clinic (RHC) specific policy...

Dear RHC Community, We hope you will join us for our free, upcoming technical assistance webinar, Strengthening Rural Health: The Role of HPV Vaccination, in partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital HPV Cancer Prevention Program. Rural life is a choice...

Hello RHC Community! The American Telemedicine Association is celebrating the week of September 16th as “Telehealth Awareness Week.” NARHC is pleased to add its voice to the important discussion about how telehealth is used by the over 5,500 Rural Health Clinics...

Free Webinar, Thursday August 15th The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)Proposed Rule. This annual regulatory update contains a significant section specifically for RHCs, this year...