by john.frizzo | Jan 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
December 18, 2025 Effective January 1, the application fee is $750 for institutional providers who are: Initially enrolling in the Medicare or Medicaid programs or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP...
by john.frizzo | Oct 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) needs your help! As many of you know, Congress failed to extend Medicare medical telehealth coverage by September 30, so these flexibilities have lapsed. While our top priority is to reinstate these critical...
by john.frizzo | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by john.frizzo | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
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 enhance provider outreach...
by john.frizzo | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
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 fewmonths ago! Currently, Members of Congress are debating reforms to the...
by john.frizzo | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
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)...
by john.frizzo | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by john.frizzo | Nov 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by john.frizzo | Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by john.frizzo | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
